How much striving is too much? john henryism active coping predicts worse daily cortisol responses for African American but not white female dementia family caregivers

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 451-460

  Merritt, Marcellus M ^a   McCallum, T J ^b   Fritsch, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Parkinson's Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; coping; Dementia; ethnicity; neuroendocrine function

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHECKLIST; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOHN HENRYISM ACTIVE COPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVISED MEMORY AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEM CHECKLIST; SALIVA;

EID: 79955467035     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181eaffa4     Document Type: Article

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