Family caregivers' patterns of positive and negative affect

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-23

  Robertson, Suzanne M ^a   Zarit, Steven H ^a   Duncan, Larissa G ^a   Rovine, Michael J ^a   Femia, Elia E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Family caregivers; Negative affect; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845627827     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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