Age and gender differences in the weil-being of midlife and aging parents with children with mental health or developmental problems: report of a national study

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-316

  Ha, Jung Hwa ^a,c   Hong, Jinkuk ^b   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^b   Greenberg, Jan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PARENTS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 54049100360     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650804900305     Document Type: Article

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