Trajectories of Emotional Well-Being in Mothers of Adolescents and Adults With Autism

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 551-561

  Barker, Erin T ^a   Hartley, Sigan L ^a   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^a   Floyd, Frank J ^b   Greenberg, Jan S ^a   Orsmond, Gael I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autism spectrum disorder; Depressive symptoms; Longitudinal; Maternal well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952606463     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021268     Document Type: Article

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