Depression in adults with mild intellectual disability: Role of stress, attributions, and coping

American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-160

  Hartley, Sigan L ^a,b   MacLean Jr , William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651087569     PISSN: 19447558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1944-7588-114.3.147     Document Type: Article

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