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| The influence on carer wellbeing of motivations to care for older people and the relationship with the care recipient | | Author(s) | Clare Lyonette, Lucy Yardley |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 4, July 2003 |
| Pages | pp 487-506 |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Employees ; Well being ; Stress ; Personal relationships ; Quality ; Evaluation ; Pilot ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | This paper reports an analysis of the relative influence of work-related, care-related and personal factors on carer outcomes among 204 working female carers. To examine the importance of personal factors, the Motivations in Elder Care Scale (MECS) and the Relationships in Elder Care Scale (RECS) were developed. In a qualitative pilot study, interviews with working age carers were drawn on to form the items for inclusion. The MECS included items for external pressures to care, e.g guilt, living up to one's principles, and caring nature. Psychometric tests revealed that two subscales had greater reliability: the EXMECS (extrinsic motivations to care), and the INMECS (intrinsic motivations). Measures of carer stress and carer satisfaction were included as outcome variables. Multiple regression analyses showed that the RECS and the MECS were the most significant predictors of carer outcomes. Greater extrinsic motivations to care and poorer quality of the relationship with the older person were the most significant predictors of carer stress. Better relationship quality and greater intrinsic motivations to care were the most significant predictors of carer satisfaction. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030721206 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: WK: D:F:5HH: QNH: DS: 59: 4C: 4UC: 3DP |
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