Effective life management in parents of children with disabilities: A cross-national extension

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-312

  Wilgosh, Lorraine ^a   Nota, Laura ^b   Scorgie, Kate ^c   Soresi, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; cross national; disabilities; families; transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043129525     PISSN: 01650653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ADCO.0000035532.45759.fe     Document Type: Review

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