Relationship of empathy to appraisal, depression, life satisfaction, and physical health in informal caregivers of older adults

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-56

  Lee, Haejung S ^a   Brennan, Patricia Flatley ^b   Daly, Barbara J ^c  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Caregiving; Empathy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035259782     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-240X(200102)24:1<44::AID-NUR1006>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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