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ERIC Number: EJ575327
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0156-6555
Mothering in Families with and without a Child with Disability.
Bower, Anna M.; Hayes, Alan
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v45 n3 p313-22 Sep 1998
A study involving 14 Australian mothers of children with spina bifida, 17 mothers with children with Down syndrome, and 38 control mothers, found that the experiences of being a mother were characterized by similarities rather than differences among the three groups. Differences in experiences tended to be disability specific. (CR)
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Disabilities, Downs Syndrome, Foreign Countries, Life Events, Mother Attitudes, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Spina Bifida, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia