From burden to depressive symptoms: The case of chinese-canadian family caregivers for the elderly

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-449

  Lai, Daniel W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Chinese caregivers; Depressive symptoms; Path analysis; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849124265     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802591759     Document Type: Article

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