The Role of Familism in Stress and Coping Processes Among African American and White Dementia Caregivers: Effects on Mental and Physical Health

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 564-576

  Kim, Jung Hyun ^a   Knight, Bob G ^b   Longmire, Crystal V Flynn ^c,d  

^a Sejong Cyber University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Neurosciences   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; caregiving; coping; ethnicity; stress

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34748821174     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.5.564     Document Type: Article

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