Family demands, social support and family functioning in Taiwanese families rearing children with Down syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 549-559

  Hsiao, C Y ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Demands; Down syndrome; Family functioning; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 84899969378     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jir.12052     Document Type: Article

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