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Caregiving as a dyadic process
— perspectives from caregiver and receiver | | Author(s) | Karen S Lyons, Steven H Zarit, Aline G Sayer |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 3, May 2002 |
| Pages | pp P195-P204 |
| Keywords | Family care ; Family relationships ; Stress ; Well being ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Most family caregiving has relied on the caregiver's perspective, but has not systematically examined the views and opinions of the older person receiving care. This US study examined 63 caregiving dyads to determine how the responses of each member had an impact on the well-being of the other dyad. Caregiver relationship strain predicted his or her own depression and negative health, but no significant association was found between caregiver and care recipient outcomes. Multilevel modelling was used to assess the level of dyadic discrepancy over the care recipient's needs and appraisal of caregiving difficulties. Results indicate that there is little disagreement over the care recipient's needs, but a significant amount of variation in how much the caregiver and care recipient agree on their appraisals of caregiving difficulties. Relationship strain perceived by the caregiver, but not the care recipient, was significantly associated with this disagreement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020617201 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: DS:SJ: QNH: D:F:5HH: 3F: 7T |
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