Parenting stress and psychological functioning among mothers of preschool children with autism and developmental delay

Autism

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-387

  Estes, Annette ^a   Munson, Jeffrey ^a   Dawson, Geraldine ^a   Koehler, Elizabeth ^a   Zhou, Xiao Hua ^a   Abbott, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Distress; Mothers; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649616575     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361309105658     Document Type: Article

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