Psychometric properties of the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ) among caregivers of children with autism

Autism

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-199

  Khanna, Rahul ^a   Madhavan, S Suresh ^b   Smith, Michael J ^c   Tworek, Cindy ^b   Patrick, Julie H ^b   Becker Cottrill, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; caregivers; CGSQ; psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX; CAREGIVER STRAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; CHECKLIST; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863358228     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361311406143     Document Type: Article

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