Coping strategies and its effects on depression among caregivers of impaired elders in Japan

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-211

  Abe, Koji ^a   Kashiwagi, T ^a   Tsuneto, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037910105     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786031000101184     Document Type: Article

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