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| A comparison of marital interaction patterns between couples in which the husband does or does not have Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Pamela G Dal Canto, Theordore Jacob |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 3, May 2001 |
| Pages | pp S140-S150 |
| Keywords | Married couples ; Social interaction ; Personal relationships ; Dementia ; Husbands ; Literature reviews ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study is one of a small body of literature to describe the negative impact of Alzheimer's disease (AD) on spousal communication. It examines similarities and differences in patterns of interpersonal interaction between AD caregiving and non-caregiving couples (27 of each). Compared with their counterparts, caregiving wives reported higher levels of depression and stress, and had similar shared values and closeness. For the three factors developed from the Marital Interaction Coding System, (MICS, version IV; Supportive, Facilitative, and Rapport Building), a complex pattern of results was found in which disease status, type of task, and gender interacted significantly. Non-caregiving couples were more interactive overall and expressed more support for each other. Caregiving wives increased their facilitative behaviour from the mealtime to planning task, probably reflecting the increased demand characteristics of the latter. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010711208 A |
| Classmark | SM: TMA: DS: EA: SNA: 64A: 7T |
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