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| Expressed emotion in family members of depressed older adults | | Author(s) | G A Hinrichsen, L Adelstein, M McMeniman |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 4, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp 355-363 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Emotions ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Spouses as carers ; Depression ; Psychogeriatric patients ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Central to Expressed Emotion (EE) is the expression of criticism of a psychiatric patient by a family member. This study examines differences between the Expressed Emotion construct developed in the psychiatric literature and interpersonally relevant constructs derived from gerontology caregiver research. EE and other indices derived from the Camberwell Family Interview (CFI) were assessed in 46 adult children and spouses providing care to an older person admitted to hospital for major depressive disorder. The relationship of CFI indices with the family member's past and current relationship with the depressed relative, illness attributes, and emotional functioning was examined. Of the family members, 60.9% were classified as high EE. Measures of past and current relationship and illness attributes were significantly associated with most of the CFI indices. In multivariate analyses, past relationship and illness attributes predicted high EE status. Only past relationship predicted the CFI index of warmth. There is a conceptual and empirical overlap with the EE construct and interpersonally relevant gerontology variables. EE holds promise for a more complex understanding of caregiving and better caregiver interventions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040913209 A |
| Classmark | DL: P6:SS: P6:SN: ENR: LF:E: 4C: 7T |
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