Identification of stress and coping risk and protective factors associated with changes in adjustment to caring for an adult with mental illness

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1064-1079

  Mackay, Christina ^a   Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Carers; Mental illness; Quality of life; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052586462     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20829     Document Type: Article

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