Attachment style and anxiety in carers of people with Alzheimer's disease: Results from the LASER-AD study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-507

  Cooper, Claudia ^a   Owens, Colm ^a   Katona, Cornelius ^a   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carer burden; Coping strategies; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41549118141     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020700645X     Document Type: Article

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