Growing up with an ill parent: An examination of family characteristics and parental illness features

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 356-362

  Stoeckel, Maggie ^a,b   Weissbrod, Carol ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent psychosocial functioning; Family functioning; Late adolescence; Parent illness; Parent illness demands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 84933576272     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/fsh0000140     Document Type: Article

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