Modeling Relations among Coparenting Quality, Autism-Specific Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Parenting Stress in Mothers and Fathers of Children with ASD

Parenting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 119-133

  May, Chris ^a   Fletcher, Richard ^a   Dempsey, Ian ^a   Newman, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84928949832     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2015.1020145     Document Type: Article

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