Chapter Eight Understanding Individual Differences in Adaptation in Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities. A Risk and Resilience Perspective

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 281-315

  Olsson, Malin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)00008-6     Document Type: Review

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