The mediating impact of coping style on stress perception for parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-59

  Peer, Justin W ^a   Hillman, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; intellectual disabilities; mediation; parenting; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE ORIENTATION TEST REVISED; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALE OF PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT; OPTIMISM; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTING STRESS INDEX SHORT FORM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 10; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864500143     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629512440783     Document Type: Article

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