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Daughters as caregivers of aging parents
— the shattering myth | | Author(s) | Pnina Ron |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 52, issue 2, 2009 |
| Publisher | The Haworth Press, Inc., 2009 |
| Pages | pp 135-153 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Daughters as carers ; Well being ; Social trends ; Social surveys ; Israel. |
| Annotation | This research study examines adult daughters' measures of coping in the roles as caregivers of ageing parents, thus affirming Pearlin, Lieberman, Menaghan and Mullan's 1981 model. The model presents the mental health of caregiver daughters as a function of demographic variables, role burden and stresses resulting from other relationships within the family, as well as personality variables such as mastery and self-esteem. The research examined 224 women in Israel and presented four major assumptions relating to the extent of the correlation between: the characteristics of the daughter and emotional well-being; the stresses and role burden of the caregiver and her emotional well-being; the caregiver's self-image and her emotional well-being; and gender role orientation and family support and the emotional well-being of the caregiver. The main finding is that gender gender role orientation of female caregivers affects their well-being. The findings indicate mutual relations between all elements of the research model and actually validate all four of the research assumptions. Findings show that of the mediating variables in the model, family support and male gender role orientation moderate the intensity of the stresses experienced by the daughter in her role as caregiver. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090630202 A |
| Classmark | P6:SSH: D:F:5HH: TM3: 3F: 7H6 |
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