Parenting stress and childhood epilepsy: The impact of depression, learning, and seizure-related factors

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-114

  Cushner Weinstein, Sandra ^a   Dassoulas, Kasandra ^a   Salpekar, Jay A ^a   Henderson, Sarah E ^a   Pearl, Phillip L ^a   Gaillard, William D ^a   Weinstein, Steven L ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic health condition; Depression; Epilepsy; Learning disorder; Parenting stress; Polytherapy; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 45049086633     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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