Care recipients' psychological well-being: The role of sense of control and caregiver type

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 405-414

  Brown, Edna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RECIPIENT; SELF CONTROL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347391864     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860600963570     Document Type: Article

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