Daily stress and cortisol patterns in parents of adult children with a serious mental illness

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Barker, Erin T ^a   Greenberg, Jan S ^a   Seltzer, Marsha Mailick ^a   Almeida, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult children; Caregiving; Cortisol; Daily stress; Midlife; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTAL STRESS; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WAKEFULNESS; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DISABLED PERSON; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PARENTS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857208626     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025325     Document Type: Article

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