Predicting anxiety in carers of people with dementia: The role of trait emotional intelligence

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1201-1209

  Weaving, Jessica ^a   Orgeta, Vasiliki ^a   Orrell, Martin ^a   Petrides, K V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; burden; dementia caregivers; depression; personality; TEIQue; trait emotional self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84901846441     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214000404     Document Type: Article

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