The Effect of Symptom Visibility on Informant Reporting

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 940-946

  McDade Montez, Elizabeth A ^a   Watson, David ^a   O'Hara, Michael W ^a   Denburg, Natalie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; dementia; depression; informant reporting; visibility effect

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58749103886     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014297     Document Type: Article

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