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Motor/learning difficulties and the family
Author(s) -
CHESSON ROSEMARY,
MCKAY CHRISTINA,
STEPHENSON ELIZABETH
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1990.tb00644.x
Subject(s) - sibling , psychology , developmental psychology , cohesion (chemistry) , family therapy , family history , family relationship , medicine , psychotherapist , chemistry , organic chemistry , radiology
Summary The work reported here, which has as its central concern family dynamics and relationships, is part of a wider study of 31 children with motor/learning difficulties. All the children were attending an Occupational Therapy Department and had been assessed as having motor/learning difficulties. Descriptions of family background, structure and composition are provided and findings on conjugal, parent/child, sibling and extended family relationships presented. Characteristic patterns of family interaction are identified and factors affecting family cohesion discussed.