Stressors and Caregivers’ Depression: Multiple Mediators of Self-Efficacy, Social Support, and Problem-Solving Skill

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 651-668

  Tang, Fengyan ^a   Jang, Heejung ^a   Lingler, Jennifer ^a   Tamres, Lisa K ^a   Erlen, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver stressor; caregiving; depression; mediation effects; self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84941650673     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2015.1054058     Document Type: Article

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