Religiosity, spirituality, and marital relationships of parents raising a typically developing child or a child with a disability

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-104

  Parker, Jessica A ^a   Mandleco, Barbara ^a   Roper, Susanne Olsen ^a   Freeborn, Donna ^a   Dyches, Tina Taylor ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child rearing families; chronic illness; families experiencing disabilities; marital relationships; parents of children with disabilities; quantitative research; religiosity; spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFLICT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISABLED CHILDREN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 79952087890     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840710394856     Document Type: Article

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