The role of family functioning in the stress process of dementia caregivers: A structural family framework

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-105

  Mitrani, Victoria B ^a,b   Lewis, John E ^b   Feaster, Daniel J ^b   Czaja, Sara J ^b   Eisdorfer, Carl ^b   Schulz, Richard ^c   Szapocznik, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Ethnicity; Multidimensional; REACH

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 32244441614     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.1.97     Document Type: Article

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