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The depressive symptomatology of parent care among the near elderly
— the influence of multiple role commitments | | Author(s) | Neale R Chumbler, Amy Mehraban Pienta, Jeffrey W Dwyer |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 26, no 3, May 2004 |
| Pages | pp 330-351 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Children [offspring] as carers ; Social roles ; Depression ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article investigates the independent additive and interactive effects of being an informal caregiver of an ageing parent and three role commitments (being married, having a co-resident child or grandchild, and being employed) on depressive symptomatology. For those respondents with a living mother, being a caregiver to the mother was not associated with the level of depressive symptoms. For respondents with a living father, being a caregiver to the father was associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms. Respondents who were caregivers to fathers reported lower depressive symptoms scores due to being married or being employed. Being married and employed may provide an alternative source of integration, and thus buffer the detrimental effects that caregiving for a father has on depressive symptomatology. Findings are discussed in the context of role status and role enhancement perspectives. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040909218 A |
| Classmark | P6:SS: TM5: ENR: 7T |
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