Factors related to caregiver state anxiety and coping with a child's chronic illness

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-180

  Nabors, Laura A ^a   Kichler, Jessica C ^b   Brassell, Anne ^c   Thakkar, Sunny ^b   Bartz, Jennifer ^a   Pangallo, Jordan ^a   Van Wassenhove, Bevin ^a   Lundy, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver anxiety; Family resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880008160     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031240     Document Type: Article

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