Coping strategies and social support as predictors and mediators of eating disorder carer burden and psychological distress

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 789-796

  Coomber, Kerri ^a   King, Ross M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carer burden; Coping strategies; Eating disorders; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84863716145     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0384-6     Document Type: Article

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