Psychological Well-Being and Social Support for Parents With Intellectual Disabilities: Risk Factors and Interventions

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-52

  Darbyshire, Laura Valerie ^a   Stenfert Kroese, Biza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disabilities; Parents; Psychological well being; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858320062     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2012.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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