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ERIC Number: EJ472333
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0197-6664
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Expanding the Conceptualization of Caregiver Coping: The Importance of Relationship-Focused Coping Strategies.
Kramer, Betty J.
Family Relations, v42 n4 p383-91 Oct 1993
Used stress and coping model to study predictors of individual differences in caregiver depression and satisfaction among 72 wife caregivers of husbands with Alzheimer's disease. Specifically examined relationship-focused caregiver coping strategies. Findings support need for expansion of conceptualization of caregiver coping to include interpersonal dimensions. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Family Caregivers, Females, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Relationship, Predictor Variables, Satisfaction, Spouses, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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