Parenting by persons with intellectual disability: An explorative study in the Netherlands

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 537-544

  Willems, D L ^a   De Vries, J N ^a   Isarin, J ^a   Reinders, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competency; Intellectual disability; Parenting; Social network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPETENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PARENTHOOD; POLICY; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34547113314     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00924.x     Document Type: Article

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