A cognitive psychophysiological model to predict functional decline in chronically stressed older adults

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-190

  Vitaliano, Peter ^a   Echeverria, Diana ^b   Shelkey, Mary ^c   Zhang, Jianping ^d   Scanlan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cognition; Depression; Distress; Function; Inflammation; Stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC STRESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 34948866292     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-007-9071-x     Document Type: Article

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