Idiographic Anger Ratings by Female Dementia Family Caregivers: Generalizability and Preliminary Validity

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-220

  Steffen, Ann M ^a   Merritt, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; anger; caregivers; dementia; measurement; response generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859748451     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2012.657821     Document Type: Article

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