Multiple mediators of the relations between caregiving stress and depressive symptoms

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-38

  Mausbach, Brent T ^a   Roepke, Susan K ^a,b   Chattillion, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Harmell, Alexandrea L ^a   Moore, Raeanne ^a,c   Romero Moreno, Rosa ^d   Bowie, Christopher R ^e   Grant, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; behavioral activation; coping; depression; self efficacy; stress process

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855973179     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.615738     Document Type: Article

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