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ERIC Number: EJ674648
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1354-4187
Myths and Marital Discord in a Family with a Child with Profound Physical and Intellectual Disabilities.
Withers, Paul; Bennett, Lara
British Journal of Learning Disabilities, v31 n2 p91-95 Jun 2003
This article describes an intervention designed to reduce the guilt of parents, experiencing marital difficulties, who had a child with profound physical and intellectual deficits. Following a formal assessment of their daughter, the emotional climate of the marriage was much improved and they felt more able to cope. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Coping, Early Childhood Education, Family Problems, Foreign Countries, Guilt, Intervention, Marital Instability, Parent Child Relationship, Respite Care, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England