Parenting difficulties and resources: The perspectives of parents with multiple sclerosis and their partners

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-60

  Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a   Tilling, Julia ^a   Cretchley, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; Parental illness; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAUGHTER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SON; SPOUSE; TIME; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARENTING;

EID: 84861740916     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026995     Document Type: Article

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