Marital satisfaction and attribution style in parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome and non-disabled children

Life Span and Disability

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-37

  Santamaria, Federica ^a   Cuzzocrea, Francesca ^a   Gugliandolo, Maria Cristina ^a   Larcan, Rosalba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Couple functioning; Disability; Dyadic adjustment scale; Family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865435904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20355963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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