Content and Face Validity of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (Short Form) in African American Caregivers

Death Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 365-373

  McLennon, Susan M ^a   Bakas, Tamilyn ^a   Habermann, Barbara ^a   Meuser, Thomas M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84897090102     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2013.766657     Document Type: Article

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