Testing a theoretical model of the stress process in Alzheimer's caregivers with race as a moderator

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-261

  Hilgeman, Michelle M ^a   Durkin, Daniel W ^a   Sun, Fei ^a,b   Decoster, Jamie ^a   Allen, Rebecca S ^a   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^c   Burgio, Louis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Race or ethnicity; Stress process

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 66749190155     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp015     Document Type: Article

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