Family caregivers: Gender differences in adjustment to stroke survivors' mental changes

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-169

  Alexander, Tatjana ^a   Wilz, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Caregiving model; Family caregivers; Gender differences; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GIESSEN COMPLAINTS LIST; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPOUSE; STROKE; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77953889493     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: 19391544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019253     Document Type: Article

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