Ameliorating Psychosocial Risk Among Mothers with Intellectual Impairment.
The purpose of this study was to pilot a flexible, group-based program designed to strengthen the social connections and enhance the psychological well-being of mothers with intellectual impairment. A multi-site, mixed-method, pretest-posttest design was employed. To obtain rich process and outcome...
| Published in: | Community Mental Health Journal Vol. 52; no. 8; pp. 944 - 954 |
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Nov2016
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