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The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy — reliability and validity studies
Author(s)	Ann M Steffen, Christine McKibbin, Antonette M Zeiss
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 1, January 2002
Pages	pp P74-P86
Keywords	Informal care ; Morale ; Emotions ; Depression ; Stress ; Anxiety ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
Annotation	The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy measures three domains of caregiving self-efficacy: obtaining respite, responding to disruptive patient behaviours, and controlling upsetting thoughts. The Scale was tested with two samples of family caregivers of cognitively impaired older people, to revise extend and evaluate it. The three subscales showed strong internal consistency and adequate test-retest reliability. Construct validity is supported by relationships between these three facets of perceived caregiving efficacy and depression, anxiety, anger, perceived social support, and criticism expressed in speech samples. The Scale has potential uses for both research and clinical purposes. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020305214 A
Classmark	P6: DQ: DL: ENR: QNH: ENP: 4C: 7T
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