Well-being of mid- and later-life mothers of children with developmental disabilities

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 115-130

  Weeks, Lori E ^b   Bryanton, Olive ^a   Kozma, Albert ^b   Nilsson, Thomy ^b  

^a Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^b PEI Center for the Study of Health and Aging   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmentally disabled; Mothers; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CANADA; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 46749093389     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v20n01_09     Document Type: Article

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