Emotional distress and marital adjustment of caregivers: Contribution of level of impairment and appraised burden

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-82

  Dekel, Rachel ^a   Solomon, Zahava ^b   Bleich, Avi ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Distress; PTSD; War veterans; Wives

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644367515     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800412336427     Document Type: Article

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