'It takes one to help one': Effects of similar others on the well-being of caregivers

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Pillemer, Karl ^a   Suitor, J Jill ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0029787480     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.5.S250     Document Type: Article

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