Positive aspects of caregiving and adaptation to bereavement

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 668-675

  Boerner, Kathrin ^a,c   Schulz, Richard ^b   Horowitz, Amy ^a,c  

^a Lighthouse International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Arlene R Gordon Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

EID: 10044231443     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.4.668     Document Type: Article

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