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The impact of family environment and decision-making satisfaction on caregiver depression — a path analytic model
Author(s)	Gary T Deimling, Virginia L Smerglia, Michael L Schaefer
Journal title	Journal of Aging and Health, vol 13, no 1, February 2001
Pages	pp 47-71
Keywords	Family care ; Depression ; United States of America.
Annotation	A causal (path) model of depression for 244 American caregivers was examined. Ordinary least squares regression was used to determine the direct and indirect effects of stressors on caregiver depression. The path coefficients obtained show that adaptability and conflict have the most powerful net effects. With the caregiving context variables, they explain about 30% of the variance in decision-making satisfaction. Family adaptability and decision-making satisfaction also have significant paths. The caregiving context, network, family environment, and decision-making variables explain about 25% of variance in caregiver depression. The findings suggest that practitioners working with caregivers to ameliorate depression need to examine the broader aspects of the family environment and caregiver perceptions related to decision-making. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010731203 A
Classmark	P6:SJ: ENR: 7T
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