Racial and ethnic differences in the relationship of caregiving stressors, resources, and sociodemographic variables to caregiver depression and perceived physical health

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 482-495

  Sörensen, Silvia ^a   Pinquart, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 23244466604     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860500142796     Document Type: Article

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