Siblings in Greek families: raising a child with disabilities

Anastasia Tsamparli; Assimina Tsibidaki; Petros Roussos

doi:10.1080/15017419.2010.540910

Siblings in Greek families: raising a child with disabilities

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 13 (2011): Issue 1

By: Anastasia Tsamparli, Assimina Tsibidaki and Petros Roussos

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|Feb 2011

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15017419.2010.540910 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 19

Submitted on: Nov 25, 2007

Accepted on: Oct 11, 2010

Published on: Feb 1, 2011

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

siblings,

disability,

Greek family,

components of sibling personality,

sibling relationship

© 2011 Anastasia Tsamparli, Assimina Tsibidaki, Petros Roussos, published by Stockholm University Press
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