Parent Stress, Family Functioning and Social Support in Families of Young Handicapped Children / Lily Dyson.

This study compared parent stress, family functioning, and social support in 55 families with a developmentally handicapped child (ages 0-7) and 55 families with a nonhandicapped child. Findings indicated that a young handicapped child did induce greater stress in his parents than did a nonhandicapp...

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Main Author: Dyson, Lily
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
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Physical Description:39 pages
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