Psychological distress and subjective burden of caregivers of people with mental Illness: The role of affiliate stigma and face concern

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-274

  Mak, Winnie W S ^a   Cheung, Rebecca Y M ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliate stigma; Caregiving; Face concern; Psychological distress; Subjective burden

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864855662     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9422-9     Document Type: Article

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