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Latent growth models of the longitudinal effects of dementia caregiving — a comparison of African American and white family caregivers
Author(s)	David L Roth, William E Haley, Jason E Owen
Journal title	Psychology and Aging, vol 16, no 3, September 2001
Pages	pp 427-436
Keywords	Black people ; White people ; Family care ; Dementia ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Self-report measures of depression, physical health symptoms, and life satisfaction were collected over a 2-year period from 197 family caregivers of dementia patients and 218 non-caregiver controls. Latent growth models were used to compare changes across time for African American and White caregivers. Compared with the African American caregivers, White caregivers sustained higher levels of elevated depression and decreasing life satisfaction. Both groups of caregivers reported increases in physical symptoms over time. While many White caregivers experience worsening difficulties over time, African American caregivers show more resilience on measures of depression and life satisfaction, but are still vulnerable to increases in physical symptoms over time. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020111230 A
Classmark	TKE: TKA: P6:SJ: EA: 48: 3J: 7T
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