Coping and physical health during caregiving: The roles of positive and negative affect

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-142

  Billings, Douglas W ^a   Folkman, Susan ^b   Acree, Michael ^b   Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie ^b  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; CAREGIVERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRESSION; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034218486     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.79.1.131     Document Type: Article

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