Parental perceptions of child vulnerability in a community-based sample: Association with chronic illness and health-related quality of life

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 454-465

  Houtzager, Bregje A ^a,c   Möller, Eline L ^b   Maurice Stam, Heleen ^c   Last, Bob F ^c,d   Grootenhuis, Martha A ^c  

^a DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adjustment; child health; childhood chronic illness; health related quality of life; parental perceptions of child vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84952783604     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493514530954     Document Type: Article

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