Interactions of fathers and their children with autism

Polish Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Pisula, Ewa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

autism; Down syndrome; father child interaction; play

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926514950     PISSN: 00792993     EISSN: 16417844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10059-008-0005-8     Document Type: Article

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