The composition and structure of depressive symptomatology among young and older caregivers of persons with dementia

Ageing International

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Caspar, Sienna ^a   O'Rourke, Norm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age group comparisons; Caregivers; Dementia; Depressive symptomatology; Factor structure; Invariance analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950773951     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-009-9033-8     Document Type: Article

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