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A path model of elder caregiver burden in Indian / Pakistani families in the United States
Author(s)	Rashmi Gupta
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 51, no 4, 2000
Pages	pp 295-314
Keywords	Asian people ; India ; Pakistan ; Family care ; Stress ; United States of America.
Annotation	Caregiver burden can be seen and analysed within a cost/reward exchange framework. Within this context of caregiving, the importance of relationship quality as a determinant of burden was examined for 118 Indian or Pakistani families. The quality of relationship between the caregiver and the cared for person emerged as a key factor in predicting burden. Other factors predicting burden were gender, role overload, role conflict and health problems of the elder. In addition, it was found that there were several indirect effects through relationship quality that predicted burden: support tasks by elder, role conflict, and gender of the caregiver. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010403220 A
Classmark	TKK: 7FA: 7FC: P6:SJ: QNH: 7T
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