Exemplary care as a mediator of the effects of caregiver subjective appraisal and emotional outcomes

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 332-342

  Harris, Grant M ^a   Durkin, Daniel W ^a,b   Allen, Rebecca S ^a   Decoster, Jamie ^a   Burgio, Louis D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Dementia caregiving; Positive aspects of caregiving; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957528357     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr003     Document Type: Article

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