Communal normalization in an online self-help group for adolescents with a mentally ill parent

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1407-1417

  Trondsen, Marianne V ^a   Tjora, Aksel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

adolescents youth, at risk; Internet; interviews, in depth; mental health and illness; parenting; self help

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY;

EID: 84907226105     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732314547708     Document Type: Article

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