TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health and marital adaptation among mothers of children with cerebral palsy
AU - Florian, Victor
AU - Findler, Liora
PY - 2001/7
Y1 - 2001/7
N2 - Employing a theoretical model that emphasizes risk-resistance factors for maternal adaptation, this study compared 80 mothers of children with cerebral palsy to 80 mothers of children without physical disabilities. Results revealed differences between the two groups, and indicated that, among mothers of children with cerebral palsy, self-esteem, self-mastery, and family network size were the main variables that contributed to mothers' psychological and marital adaptation.
AB - Employing a theoretical model that emphasizes risk-resistance factors for maternal adaptation, this study compared 80 mothers of children with cerebral palsy to 80 mothers of children without physical disabilities. Results revealed differences between the two groups, and indicated that, among mothers of children with cerebral palsy, self-esteem, self-mastery, and family network size were the main variables that contributed to mothers' psychological and marital adaptation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0034900385&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0002-9432.71.3.358
DO - 10.1037/0002-9432.71.3.358
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C2 - 11495338
AN - SCOPUS:0034900385
SN - 0002-9432
VL - 71
SP - 358
EP - 367
JO - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
JF - American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
IS - 3
ER -