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| Caregiving and institutionalization: perceptions of family conflict and socioemotional support | | Author(s) | Joseph E Gaugler, Steven H Zarit, Leonard I Pearlin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 49, no 1, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1-25 |
| Keywords | Admission [care homes] ; Family relationships ; Husbands ; Wives ; Daughters ; Informal care ; Stress ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Perceptions of family conflict and socioemotional support among caregivers who placed their relatives in residential care were examined in this study. A total of 52 wives, 43 husbands, and 67 daughters were interviewed before and after the placement of a cognitively impaired relative. A repeated measures ANOVA was performed to examine differences in reports of family conflict and socioemotional support among caregivers. Husbands reported greater increases in family conflict than wives or daughters during the institutionalisation process. Conversely, wives and daughters indicated higher levels of socioemotional support than husbands. Hierarchical regression equations were then calculated to assess the independent contributions of family conflict and socioemotional support to post-placement adaptation. Decreases in socioemotional support during institutionalisation significantly predicted post-placement anger among husbands, and increases in family conflict significantly predicted post-placement depression among wives. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000419407 A |
| Classmark | KW:QKH: DS:SJ: SNA: SNW: SSH: P6: QNH: 7T |
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