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| Cross-cultural study comparing the association of familism with burden and depressive symptoms in two samples of Hispanic dementia caregivers | | Author(s) | A Losada, G Robinson Shurgot, B G Knight |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 1, January 2006 |
| Pages | pp 69-76 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Dementia ; Family care ; Stress ; Depression ; Cross cultural surveys ; United States of America ; Spain. |
| Annotation | Familism has been pointed out as a key value to Hispanic culture that may or may not be associated with caregiver distress. Although groups included in the Hispanic identity have many common features, differences between Hispanic sub-groups in the relationship of familism with burden and depressive symptoms remain unexplored. The association of familism with burden and depressive symptomatology was examined in 48 Hispanic dementia caregivers from Los Angeles, California and 60 from Madrid, Spain through path analysis. Burden and depressive symptomatology were positively and significantly related in both samples. Familism was significantly correlated with lesser burden in the US sample, but with higher levels of depressive symptoms in the Spanish sample. Significant differences between Hispanic samples were found in the relationship between familism, burden and depression, denoting the importance of specific cultural context influencing dementia caregiving in Hispanics. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060202256 A |
| Classmark | TK: EA: P6:SJ: QNH: ENR: 3KA: 7T: 76S |
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