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Predicting mental health outcomes in female working carers
— a longitudinal analysis | | Author(s) | C Lyonette, L Yardley |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 10, no 4, July 2006 |
| Pages | pp 368-377 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Employees ; Nurses ; Stress ; Longitudinal surveys ; South East England. |
| Annotation | The factors that contribute to psychological distress and positive affect over time in female working carers of older people are investigated. Questionnaires (including measures of work-related, care-related, interpersonal and psychological aspects of working and caring) were distributed to 273 female working carers, most working as nurses, in two large NHS Trust hospitals in south-east England. In cross-sectional analyses, higher work stress and work demands predicted higher psychological distress among respondents. Better carer health, lower external pressures to care, and higher work satisfaction predicted greater positive affect. The combined effects of greater work stress and work demands also predicted higher levels of psychological distress at follow-up (after one year) whereas younger age and lower work stress predicted greater positive affect over time. The study concludes that the more stressful and demanding work roles appear detrimental to carers' mental health, while lower stress may be more beneficial, providing satisfaction and fulfilment outside of the caring role. Older female carers may be especially at risk of psychological distress, possibly due in part to increasing health problems of their own. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061031004 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: WK: QTE: QNH: 3J: 82Z |
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