Social resourcefulness: Its relationship to social support and wellbeing among caregivers of dementia victims

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-48

  Rapp, S R ^a   Shumaker, S ^a   Schmidt, S ^a   Naughton, M ^a   Anderson, R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031932175     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607869856920     Document Type: Article

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