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Caregiver role strain
— the contribution of multiple roles and available resources in African-American women | | Author(s) | S Wallace Williams, P Dilworth-Anderson, P Y Goodwin |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 7, no 2, March 2003 |
| Pages | pp 103-112 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; Women as carers ; Stress ; Employment ; Social roles ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | While the roles of spouse, parent and employee are normative for middle-aged people, strain associated with each role may increase when the role of caregiver is added. This study of 148 African American women providing care to older family members aimed to determine the relationship between the caregiver's other roles (marital, parental, employee), specific combinations of these roles, and role strata; and to determine the relationship between available resources (economic, social and personal) and role strain. A model using multiple linear regression was analysed. Caregivers with higher depressive symptomatology were more strained. However, neither additional multiple roles, nor a combination of roles were significantly related to role strain. It would be a disservice to African-American caregivers, though, to operate under the assumption that they provide care with little emotional cost. Continued within-group analyses are needed to understand differential outcomes of these caregivers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030806203 A |
| Classmark | TKE: P6:SH: QNH: WJ: TM5: 3F: 7T |
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