Spirituality and psychological well-being: Testing a theory of family interdependence among family caregivers and their elders

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-115

  Kim, Suk Sun ^a   Reed, Pamela G ^b   Hayward, R David ^c   Kang, Youngmi ^d   Koenig, Harold G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregiving; Korean; Psychological well being; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CULTURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; SPOUSES;

EID: 79952363691     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20425     Document Type: Article

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