Parental wellbeing of Iranian families with children who have developmental disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1639-1647

  Samadi, Sayyed Ali ^a   McConkey, Roy ^a   Bunting, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Family functioning; Health; Intellectual disability; Iran; Parents; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARENTAL STRESS; PARENTAL WELLBEING; SATISFACTION; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WELLBEING; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899870334     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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