Influences of spiritual well-being and coping on mental health of family caregivers for elders

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-181

  Yeh, Pi Ming ^a   Bull, Margaret ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 75249102242     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090421-08     Document Type: Article

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