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The influence of feeling positive about helping among dementia caregivers in New Zealand
— helping attitudes predict happiness | | Author(s) | Patrick L Dulin, Jean B Dominy |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 7, no 1, February 2008 |
| Pages | pp 55-70 |
| Source | http://www.dem.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Informal care ; Stress ; Adjustment ; Well being ; Evaluation ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | The primary purpose of this study was to examine the unique contribution of more positive attitudes about helping others in predicting emotional functioning among a sample of dementia caregivers. Participants were 158 older (m=68 years) caregivers residing in New Zealand. Participants completed surveys consisting of the Revised Ways of Coping Checklist, the Helping Attitudes Scale, the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, and a tailored measure of demographic and caregiver contextual variables. Results indicated that helping attitudes had the largest correlation with positive affect (r=0.31). Regression analyses also indicated that helping attitudes predicted positive affect with the other relevant demographic and coping variables controlled for statistically. This study indicates that having a positive attitude towards helping others may be an important determinant of positive emotional functioning among dementia caregivers and may help to offset the oft-cited negative consequences of caregiving. The implications for caregiver selection and caregiver intervention strategies are discussed. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080303203 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6: QNH: DR: D:F:5HH: 4C: 7YN |
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