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ERIC Number: EJ558220
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Grandparents of Children with Disabilities: Perceived Levels of Support.
Seligman, Milton; Goodwin, Gail; Paschal, Karen; Applegate, Alice; Lehman, Leslie
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v32 n4 p293-303 Dec 1997
A study explored perceptions of 42 mothers of children with disabilities about the amount of instrumental and psychological support offered by maternal and paternal grandparents. Grandmothers were perceived to be more supportive than grandfathers and the mothers' parents were perceived to be more supportive than the fathers' parents. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Family Life, Family Relationship, Grandparents, Mother Attitudes, Social Support Groups
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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