Associations of caregiver stressors and uplifts with subjective well-being and depressive mood: A meta-analytic comparison

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 438-449

  Pinquart, M ^a   Sorensen S ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 4644349962     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860410001725036     Document Type: Article

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