Caring for the caregivers: An investigation of factors related to well-being among parents caring for a child with smith-magenis syndrome

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-198

  Foster, Rebecca H ^a   Kozachek, Stephanie ^a   Stern, Marilyn ^a,b   Elsea, Sarah H ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Benefit finding; Caregiver well being; Depression; Primary caregiver; Sleep disturbance; Smith Magenis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 77953059482     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-009-9273-5     Document Type: Article

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