Too much of a good thing?: Positive religious coping predicts worse diurnal salivary cortisol patterns for overwhelmed African American female dementia family caregivers

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-56

  Merritt, Marcellus M ^a   McCallum, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dementia; Ethnicity; Neuroendocrine function; Religious coping

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS COPING SCALE; REVISED MEMORY AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEM CHECKLIST; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS;

EID: 85027927445     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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