Quality of life: A key variable to consider in the evaluation of adjustment in parents of children with autism spectrum disorders and in the development of relevant support and assistance programmes

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1279-1294

  Cappe, Emilie ^a   Wolff, Marion ^a   Bobet, René ^a   Adrien, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Coping strategies; Parent training programme; Psychological adjustment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; CONTROL; FEMALE; FRANCE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053935452     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9861-3     Document Type: Article

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