Parenting stress in Chinese mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 575-582

  Wang, Ji ^a   Hu, Yanjie ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Qin, Xiuqun ^c   Xia, Wei ^a   Sun, Caihong ^a   Wu, Lijie ^a   Wang, Jianli ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; China; Parenting stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876408128     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0569-7     Document Type: Article

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