Quality of Life and Adjustment in Youths with Asthma: The Contributions of Family Rituals and the Family Environment

Family Process

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 557-569

  Santos, Susana ^a   Crespo, Carla ^a   Silva, Neuza ^a   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emotional and Behavioral Problems; Family Environment; Family Ritual Meaning; Health Related Quality of Life; Pediatric Asthma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PORTUGAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84870894285     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2012.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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