CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILY BURDEN AND ABC-X TYPE MODEL INSTRUMENTS FOR FAMILIES DEALING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA (STRESS).
Contributors: University of California, San Francisco.
Published: 1995
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Psychology, Clinical.; Health Sciences, Mental Health.
Description: The study began to explore the usefulness of an established stress and coping framework, the ABC-X model, for families dealing with schizophrenia. The study used a mailed survey questionnaire, obtaining a convenience sample of 156 subjects. Most of the measures appeared to suit the sample. Families reported low levels of life event stress, high levels of family burden, low levels of family resources, and low levels of family coping. Family functioning measures found no extremes, although rarely fitting a nonclinic, normative profile.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-11, Section: B, page: 6032.

Thesis (D.N.S.)--UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, 1995.

School code: 0034.