Another side to caregiving: Negative reactions to being helped

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 183-187

  Newsom, Jason T ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Care receiving; Caregiving; Helping; Negative interactions; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033236017     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00043     Document Type: Article

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