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ERIC Number: EJ660941
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1469-0047
Burden among the Caregivers of Children with Intellectual Disability: Associations and Risk Factors.
Datta, Soumitra Shankar; Russell, Paul Swamidhas Sudhakar; Gopalakrishna, Seetha Cookemane
Journal of Learning Disabilities (United Kingdom), v6 n4 p337-50 Dec 2002
A study involving 31 Indian families with a child (ages 3-16) with mental retardation found expressed emotion toward the child predicted a high level of burden among the caregivers. Age of child and family income significant in the univariate analysis were also clinically associated with burden in a developing country. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Mental Retardation, Parent Child Relationship, Socioeconomic Influences, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: India