Routine assistance to parents: effects on daily mood and other stressors

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Savla, Jyoti ^a   Almeida, David M ^b   Davey, Adam ^c   Zarit, Steven H ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Daily diary; Routine assistance; Stress proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ADULT CHILD; AFFECT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COOPERATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AFFECT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 48249133233     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.3.S154     Document Type: Article

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