Depression among parents of children with disabilities

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-301

  Aaron Resch, J ^a   Elliott, Timothy R ^a   Benz, Michael R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with disabilities; Depression; Family satisfaction; Parents; Patient Health Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DISABLED CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874493431     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030366     Document Type: Article

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