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| Abuse of seniors: personality, stress, and other indicators | | Author(s) | Myrna Reis, Daphne Nahmiash |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 3, no 3, Winter 1997 |
| Pages | pp 337-356 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Family care ; Personality ; Stress ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Caregiver and care receiver personality traits, caregiver stress, and other variables were examined as indicators of abuse and neglect of older people in this US study. The results of prospective contrasted research revealed differences between confirmed abusive and non-abusive groups of caregivers, and between abused and non-abused groups of care receivers. Abusive caregivers were more depressed and received less social support than the non-abusive carers. Abused care receivers had poorer relationships with caregivers and were more unhappy than non-abused care receivers. The caregiver and receiver personality traits of neuroticism and agreeableness did not directly signal abuse. Stress was rather connected to the need for formal assistance. The study outlined an abuse indicator model, which suggests that practitioners, researchers, and policy makers should focus on caregiver depression and support and care receiver happiness and relationship appraisals, and other possible abuse markers, rather than on personality traits and caregiver stress. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980706405 A |
| Classmark | QNT: P6:SJ: DK: QNH: 7T |
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