Application of an attribution-affect-action model of caregiving behavior

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 210-217

  Fopma Loy, Joan ^a   Austin, Joan Kessner ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031201621     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9417(97)80028-3     Document Type: Article

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