A stress process model of caregiving for individuals with traumatic brain injury

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-201

  Chronister, Julie ^a   Chan, Fong ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Coping; Social support; Stress process; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; COPE SCALE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL SUPPORT EVALUATION LIST; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED CAREGIVER APPRAISAL SCALE; PROCESS MODEL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE BRIEF VERSION;

EID: 33747395214     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.51.3.190     Document Type: Article

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