Against all odds: Resilience in single mothers of children with disabilities

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-419

  Levine, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood; Disability; Family resilience; Single parent mothers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849093726     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802605781     Document Type: Article

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