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Self-gain and self-loss among African American and White caregivers
Author(s)	Kristie Long Foley, Ho-Jui Tung, Elizabeth J Mutran
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 1, January 2002
Pages	pp S14-S22
Keywords	Black people ; White people ; Family care ; Social roles ; Attitude ; Comparison ; United States of America.
Annotation	The effects of a traditional ideology of care and role conflict on the intrinsic rewards (self-gain) and consequences (self-loss) of caregiving are compared in a cross-sectional survey of 257 African American and 234 White caregivers. Despite a strong preference for family care among African Americans, traditional caregiving ideology was associated with more self-gain among Whites only. There was no relationship between preference for family care and self-help for either group. Furthermore, role conflict was unrelated to self-gain but was related to more self-loss for both groups. Those differences that exist between African American and White caregivers primarily stem from the role of age, gender, and preference for family care with self-gain. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020305217 A
Classmark	TKE: TKA: P6:SJ: TM5: DP: 48: 7T
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