Are There Adverse Consequences to Being a Sibling of a Person With a Disability? A Propensity Score Analysis

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-341

  Neely Barnes, Susan L ^a   Graff, J Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability related studies; Families with children who have disabilities; Families with disabled members; Sibling relationships; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959256570     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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