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| Social resourcefulness: its relationship to social support and well-being among caregivers of dementia victims | | Author(s) | S R Rapp, S Shumaker, S Schmidt |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 2, no 1, February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 40-48 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Informal care ; Personal relationships ; Well being. |
| Annotation | Social resourcefulness refers to the behaviours, covert and overt, which an individual uses to establish and maintain supportive relationships. This study examines how social resourcefulness relates to social support and well-being in persons caring for a family member with dementia. Social resourcefulness is significantly associated with social support and with caregiver well-being (caregiver depression, caregiver quality of life, perceived benefits from caregiving, and perceived health status). Regression analyses revealed that social resourcefulness remained significant related to caregiver outcome after controlling for several covariates (care-recipient's memory and behaviour problems, caregiver age, and caregiver health status). Results support the role of social competence in creating helpful social relationships and extend previous research by identifying specific help-seeking and help-maintaining behaviours associated with support and well-being in a high-risk population. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980409406 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: P6: DS: D:F:5HH |
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