Sociocontextual circumstances in daily stress reactivity among caregivers for elder relatives

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-572

  Koerner, Susan Silverberg ^a   Shirai, Yumi ^a   Kenyon, Denyelle Baete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Daily diary; Extrinsic stressors; Multilevel analysis; Socioemotional support; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955898839     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq045     Document Type: Article

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