Stress and coping strategies in spouses of depressed patients

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Spangenberg, Judora J ^a   Theron, Johanna C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0040219950     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989909599738     Document Type: Article

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