Promoting resilience among children of sandwiched generation caregiving women through caregiver mutual help

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-158

  Tebes, Jacob Kraemer ^a   Irish, Julie T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Children; Grandchildren; Mothers; Mutual help; Resilience; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0033808083     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: 15407330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J005v20n01_10     Document Type: Article

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