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Caregiver coping strategies — wives versus daughters
Author(s)	Sara Wilcox, Paula O'Sullivan, Abby C King
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 23, nos 1/2, 2001
Pages	pp 81-98
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Wives as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Stress ; Depression ; Attitude ; Evaluation ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	39 wife and 32 daughter caregivers completed the Revised Ways of Coping Checklist and measures of caregiver burden, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and anger expression. Although wives and daughters did not differ in psychological variables, daughters were more likely than wives to use problem-focused coping, blame of others and self blame. However the proportion of effort devoted to each of the eight coping strategies did not differ by caregiver relationship. These results underscore that daughters and wives experience and cope with caregiving differently and may have different needs for assistance. Other factors that were not assessed, including role strain and role satisfaction, may have a greater impact on caregiving daughters' psychological well-being. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-011121210 A
Classmark	P6:SNW: P6:SSH: QNH: ENR: DP: 4C: 48: 7T
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