Chronic sorrow: the experience of parents with children who are developmentally disabled.
1. Adaptation mechanisms differ between mothers and fathers of developmentally disabled children. 2. Mothers' emotions radiate into chronic sorrow while fathers' reactions move toward resignation. 3. Patterns of grief and sadness reemerge and are most often precipitated by a health care crisis in women and comparison with social norms in fathers.
Mallow
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University of North Dakota, Statewide Psychiatric Nursing Education Program, Jamestown 58402, USA.
Bechtel
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*