A longitudinal study of coping and burnout among Japanese family caregivers of frail elders

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 434-443

  Okabayashi, Hideki ^a   Sugisawa, Hidehiro ^b   Takanashi, Kaoru ^c   Nakatani, Yomei ^d   Sugihara, Yoko ^e   Hougham, Gavin W ^f  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b J F OBERLIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^f The John A Hartford Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive avoidance coping; Caregiver mental health; Caregiving stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOKYO;

EID: 51849118351     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802224318     Document Type: Article

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