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ERIC Number: EJ599253
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Transforming Partnerships: Parent Life Management Issues When a Child Has Mental Retardation.
Scorgie, Kate; Wilgosh, Lorraine; McDonald, Linda
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v34 n4 p395-405 Dec 1999
This qualitative study of life management in 15 families of children with various disability characteristics and ages identified effective life management strategies (e.g., positive personal reframing), positive parent characteristics (e.g., decision-making ability), and parents' experiences of positive transformational outcomes in personal, relational, and perspectival domains. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Coping, Disabilities, Family Life, Parent Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Quality of Life
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Special Conference Issue: Research to Practice in the 21st Century.