Adult Children's Caregiver Burden and Depression: The Moderating Roles of Parent-Child Relationship Satisfaction and Feedback from Others

Journal of Happiness Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 673-687

  Lin, Wei Fang ^a   Chen, Lung Hung ^b   Li, Tsui Shan ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Conservation of resources; Depression; Parent care; Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876886334     PISSN: 13894978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-012-9348-0     Document Type: Article

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