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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Coping with a child with down syndrome: the experiences of mothers.

January 1997 (has links)
by Lam Lai Wah. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-128). / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.i / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES --- p.vi / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.vii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW / Introduction --- p.5 / Parental reactions to the birth of a child with congenital disability --- p.6 / Introduction to Down syndrome --- p.7 / Parental stress in rearing a child with handicaps --- p.11 / Outcomes of parental stress --- p.13 / Variables in relation to parental stress --- p.15 / Lazarus and Folkman's theory of stress and coping --- p.17 / Coping resources --- p.18 / Studies on perceived stress --- p.20 / Studies on coping --- p.24 / Studies on coping resources --- p.29 / Maternal focus --- p.30 / Summary --- p.32 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- METHODOLOGY / Aim --- p.34 / Objectives --- p.34 / Design --- p.35 / Sample --- p.36 / Instrument --- p.37 / Ethical issues --- p.38 / Gaining access --- p.39 / Pilot study --- p.41 / Results of the pilot study --- p.42 / Data collection --- p.44 / Data analysis --- p.49 / Validity and reliability --- p.54 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- FINDINGS / Demographic characteristics of the mothers --- p.58 / Demographic and biographic characteristics of the children --- p.59 / Description of the major categories and sub-categories identified --- p.61 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- DISCUSSION / Introduction --- p.87 / The first stage --- p.87 / The second stage --- p.95 / The third stage --- p.104 / Summary --- p.108 / Chapter CHAPTER6 --- IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE --- p.111 / LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY --- p.115 / RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY --- p.117 / CONCLUSIONS --- p.118 / REFERENCES --- p.121

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