An alternative framework for understanding women's caregiving stress: A qualitative application of the ways of coping model

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 355-365

  Brannen, Cyndi ^a   Petite, Kathy ^b  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Coping; Qualitative analysis; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONTROL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NOVA SCOTIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41049108849     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105307088140     Document Type: Article

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