Life stress, social support, coping and depressive symptoms: A comparison between the general population and family caregivers

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Song, Li Yu ^a   Singer, Mark ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Depressive symptoms; Life stress; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644979129     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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