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| Psychosocial moderators of the effects of transitioning into filial caregiving on mental and physical health | | Author(s) | Nadine F Marks, James David Lambert, Heyjung Jun |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 30, no 3, May 2008 |
| Pages | pp 358-389 |
| Keywords | Sons as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A life-course theoretical perspective guided this study examining how effects on mental and physical health (depressive symptoms, hostility, global happiness, self-esteem, personal mastery, psychological wellness, self-rated physical health) of transitions into filial caregiving for a sole surviving parent are moderated by previous relationship quality, filial obligation, race or ethnicity, education, income, employment status, marital status, and parental status. Results from models estimated using longitudinal data for 1060 adults aged 25-65 at baseline from the US National Survey of Families and Households 1987-1994 suggested that life-course and contextual factors do contribute to patterning health risks of caregiving, often in different ways for men and women. For example, low income puts daughter caregivers at greater risk for decline in physical health, combining employment with filial caregiving is more problematic for daughters' mental health, and being an unmarried filial caregiver is more problematic for men. Heterogeneity in the experience of filial care needs further attention in future research. |
| Accession Number | CPA-080514208 A |
| Classmark | P6:SSA: P6:SSH: CC: D: E: 3J: 7T |
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