Current marital functioning as a mediating factor in depression among spouse caregivers in dementia

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 27-44

  Rankin, Eric D ^a,b   Haut, Marc W ^a,b   Keefover, Robert W ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northbrook Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Marital functioning; Path analysis; Spouse caregivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; PATH ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE;

EID: 0035686432     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v23n03_04     Document Type: Article

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