Using identity interruption theory to explain increased levels of psychological distress in deaf people with hearing identities

The literature review looks at how hearing parents adapt to a deaf child in the family, and considers how this literature supports a disability-stress model of maternal adaptation. Partial support is found for the model, and a revised version is suggested. The aim of the empirical papers is to exami...

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Main Author: Marriott, Emma
Published: University of Warwick 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397019