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Caregiver factors contributing to psychological elder abuse behavior in long-term care facilities
— a structural equation model approach | | Author(s) | Jing-Jy Wang, Mei-Feng Lin, Hung-Fu Tseng |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 21, no 2, April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 314-320 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Mathematical models ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | Identification of caregiver risk factors associated with psychological elder abuse is crucial for preventing and managing such abuse. The aim of this study was to test the most effective model for explaining caregiver factors contributing to caregiver psychological abuse behaviour. It was hypothesised that caregiver hours worked each day, years of education, age, geriatric care-giving training, gerontological care knowledge, social resources, and self-reported work stress are factors contributing to psychological abuse behaviour of caregivers. A cross-sectional study design was used. The sample included a total of 183 caregivers recruited from seven long-term care facilities in southern areas of Taiwan. Instruments included the Caregiver Psychological Elder Abuse Behavior (CPEAB) scale, the Work Stressors Inventory Chinese version (WSI-C), the Personal Resources Questionnaire (PRQ-2000), and Knowledge of Gerontological Nursing Scale (KGNS). The structural equation modelling (SEM) procedure was used to analyse the data. The study results suggest that caregivers who work fewer hours, received fewer years of education, lack social resources, and had more work stress showed higher levels of psychological abuse behaviour in caring. These findings should be incorporated into practice by intervening to reduce caregiver stress and reduce elder abuse behaviours. To help reduce elder psychological abuse, caregivers would benefit from stress management and social resource interventions provided by employers or government programmes. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090825234 A |
| Classmark | QNT: KW: LHB: 3LM: 7DP |
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