Social relationships, knowledge and adjustment to multiple sclerosis.
Open Access
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 47 (4) , 372-376
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.47.4.372
Abstract
A number of factors thought to influence psychological adjustment to multiple sclerosis were studied. Patients' knowledge about their disorder was assessed, but neither their knowledge, level of disability, nor demographic characteristics were related to adjustment. Better adjustment was however associated with having more contact with able-bodied people.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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