Employed parents of children with mental health disorders: Achieving work-family fit, flexibility, and role quality

Families in Society

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-123

  Brennan, Eileen M ^a   Rosenzweig, Julie M ^a   Ogilvie, A Myrth ^b,c   Wuest, Leslie ^a   Shindo, Ann A ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMO Training and Consultation   (United States)

^c State of Oregon   (United States)

^d State of Oregon ^*  (United States)

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