The role of hope in adaptation to uncertainty: The experience of caregivers of children with Down syndrome

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-238

  Truitt, Megan ^a   Biesecker, Barbara ^b   Capone, George ^c   Bailey, Thomas ^d   Erby, Lori ^e  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Caregiver; Down syndrome; Hope; Parent; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HOPE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFANT; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860381491     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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