The impact of child symptom severity on stress among parents of children with asd: The moderating role of coping styles

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-524

  Lyons, Amy M ^a   Leon, Scott C ^a   Phelps, Carolyn E Roecker ^b   Dunleavy, Alison M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Coping; Parenting; Stress; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954309295     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-009-9323-5     Document Type: Article

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