Mothers' depression and stress, severity of autism among children and family income

International Journal of Psychological Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-106

  Athari, Pegah ^a   Ghaedi, Leila ^a   Kosnin, Azlina Binti Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autism in children; Family income; Mothers' depression; Mothers' stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893486257     PISSN: 20112084     EISSN: 20117922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21500/20112084.691     Document Type: Article

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