Caregiving tasks in caring for an adult with mental illness and associations with adjustment outcomes

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-198

  Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Caregiving; Carer; Home care; Mental illness; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84863785424     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-011-9155-8     Document Type: Article

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