Caregiver stress and mental health: Impact of caregiving relationship and gender

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1102-1113

  Penning, Margaret J ^a   Wu, Zheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Mental health; Spousal caregiving; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; FAMILY STUDY; FRIEND; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SPOUSE; STRESS; ADULT CHILD; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85014649674     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv038     Document Type: Article

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