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Testing a relational model for health communication competence among caregivers for individuals with Alzheimer's disease
Author(s)Jim L Query, Gary L Kreps
Journal titleJournal of Health Psychology, vol 1, no 3, 1997
Pagespp 335-351
KeywordsDementia ; Informal care ; Depression ; Mental health [elderly] ; Medical care ; Communication skills ; Mathematical models ; United States of America.
AnnotationThe Relational Model of Health Communication Competence suggests that health-care participants' level of communication competence is positively related to their achieving desired physiological and psychological health outcomes. This article provides a partial test of the model by examining the relationship between communication competence, social support, and cognitive depression among lay care givers of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study provides validation for the model by demonstrating that caregivers' communication competence is positively related to important psychological health outcomes, such as high levels of social support, and decreases in cognitive depression. Implications of these findings and directions for future inquiry are examined. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-980108218 A
ClassmarkEA: P6: ENR: D: LK: UO: 3LM: 7T *

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