Explaining the Gender Gap in the Caregiving Burden of Partner Caregivers

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 309-317

  Swinkels, Joukje ^a   Tilburg, Theo Van ^a   Verbakel, Ellen ^b   Broese Van Groenou, Marjolein ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Gender differences; Secondary stressors; Spousal caregiving

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTOR;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85059798126     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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