Posttraumatic growth in mothers and fathers of children with severe illnesses

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1259-1267

  Hungerbuehler, Ines ^a   Vollrath, Margarete E ^b   Landolt, Markus A ^a,c  

^a University Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chronic disease; chronic illness; parents; posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MOTHER; NEOPLASM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 80054754476     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105311405872     Document Type: Article

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