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Pleasurable activities and mood
— differences between Latina and Caucasian dementia family caregivers | | Author(s) | Larry W Thompson, Nancy Solano, Lisa Kinoshita |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 8 no 3, Fall 2002 |
| Pages | pp 211-224 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Activities of older people ; Attitude ; Depression ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Past research has shown that increased pleasurable activity can impact positively on the level of depression in Caucasian patient groups and family caregivers. In the present study, an abbreviated version of the Older Persons Pleasant Events Scale and the complete Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was administered to 257 female caregivers of dementia patients (147 Caucasian, 110 Latina). Caucasians engaged more frequently in activities pertaining to social recognition, social intimacy, reflection and nature than Latinas, while Latinas engaged more frequently in activities pertaining to spirituality than did Caucasians. There were no differences between the two on leisure activities. Latinas had higher "obtained pleasure" scores than Caucasians on activities related to spirituality, and Caucasians had higher scores than Latinas on nature activities. Level of obtained pleasure was negatively related to level of depression in both ethnic groups. The results support the value of routinely engaging in pleasurable activities as a useful strategy for caregivers in coping with feelings of depression and chronic stress. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030515203 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: G: DP: ENR: 4C: 7T |
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