Attachment and coping of dementia care staff: The role of staff attachment style, geriatric nursing self-efficacy, and approaches to dementia in burnout

Dementia

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 544-568

  Kokkonen, Taru Maija ^a   Cheston, Richard I L ^b   Dallos, Rudi ^c   Smart, Cordet A ^c  

^a Ylä Savon SOTE kuntayhtymä ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attachment; burnout; caregiving; dementia; staff

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907482692     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301213479469     Document Type: Article

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