The influence of caregiving stressors, social support, and caregiving appraisal on marital functioning among African American wife caregivers

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-490

  Chadiha, Letha A ^a   Rafferty, Jane ^a   Pickard, Joseph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 1542601230     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01690.x     Document Type: Article

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