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Investigating caregiver distress with the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI)
Author(s)	Andrew P Daire
Journal title	Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 3, no 1, February 2004
Pages	pp 83-94
Source	http://www.sagepublications.com/ejournals
Keywords	Dementia ; Sons as carers ; Stress ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
Annotation	Dementia is estimated to affect up to 15% of the US population. Most of these individuals receive much needed emotional and physical support from family caregivers, with 10%-12% being primary caregiving sons. However, this role of caregiver places a significant amount of psychological distress on an individual. This study investigates the use of the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) as a tool to predict distress in primary caregiving sons of a parent with dementia. Based on these findings, implications for counselling and future research are presented. With the incidence of dementia on the rise, it is important for clinicians to be aware of different and cost-effective (free) diagnostic tools that are available. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040301226 A
Classmark	EA: P6:SSA: QNH: 4C: 7T
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