Fathers' play with their Down Syndrome children

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 490-502

  De Falco, Simona ^a,c   Esposito, G ^a   Venuti, P ^a   Bornstein, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c Department of Cognitive Science and Education ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Childplay; Down Syndrome; Fathering; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SYMBOLISM; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SEX FACTORS; SYMBOLISM; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 44049094658     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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