Parents with chronic pain: Are children equally affected by fathers as mothers in pain? A pilot study

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-157

  Evans, Subhadra ^a   Keenan, Thomas R ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Pain learning; Parent gender differences; Parents with chronic pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PAIN; PARENTING; PILOT PROJECTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34447282577     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493507076072     Document Type: Article

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