The experiences of primary caregivers raising school-aged children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1693-1702

  Lin, Mei Jue ^b   Huang, Xuan Y ^a   Hung, Bai Jin ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Tsaotun Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Descriptive phenomenology; Nursing; Primary caregivers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TAIWAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649105866     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02604.x     Document Type: Article

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