Weight changes in caregivers of Alzheimer's care recipients: Psychobehavioral predictors

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-163

  Vitaliano, Peter P ^a,c   Russo, Joan ^a   Scanlan, James M ^a   Greeno, Catherine G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGER; BODY MASS INDEX; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0029986090     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.11.1.155     Document Type: Article

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