Measuring grief in caregivers of persons with acquired brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 20, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1419-1429

  Marwit, Samuel ^a   Kaye, Peggy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Caregivers; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN INJURY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

EID: 33847239154     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050601082214     Document Type: Article

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