Hopelessness of mothers who have children with down syndrome

Genetic Counseling

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-380

  Yildirim, A ^a   Yildirim, M S ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Hopelessness; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORALE; MOTHERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TURKEY;

EID: 78650738100     PISSN: 10158146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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