Maternal caregiving strain as a mediator in the relationship between child and mother mental health problems

Social Work Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-223

  Sales, Esther ^a   Greeno, Catherine ^a   Shear, M Katherine ^b   Anderson, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Children; Mental health; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248372207     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/28.4.211     Document Type: Article

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