A stress and coping model of adjustment to caring for an adult with mental illness

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 450-462

  Mackay, Christina ^a   Pakenham, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Carers; Mental illness; Quality of life; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866535099     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9435-4     Document Type: Article

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