Resilience in families raising children with disabilities and behavior problems

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 833-848

  McConnell, David ^a   Savage, Amber ^a   Breitkreuz, Rhonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Disabilities; Family; Resilience; Social ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; FAMILY; FAMILY COPING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS; DISABILITIES; FAMILY; RESILIENCE; SOCIAL ECOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84896703155     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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