Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 135-146 , June 2008

Depressive Symptoms Among Primary Caregivers of Children With Mental Health Needs: Mediating and Moderating Variables

Received 10 February 2007 ,Revised 21 June 2007 ,Accepted 24 June 2007.

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 This research was funded in part by Grant P30 NR05035 from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, to the Center for Enhancing Quality of Life in Chronic Illness at Indiana University School of Nursing, the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction, and the Association for the Advancement of Mental Health Research and Education, Inc. The authors thank the coinvestigators, Erika LeBaron, Brenda Costello Wells, and Kim Walton, for help with recruitment; the participants for their efforts; and Phyllis Dexter for editorial assistance.

PII: S0883-9417(08)00025-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.06.016

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 135-146 , June 2008

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