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| Quality of the caregiver-care recipient relationship: does it offset negative consequences of caregiving for family caregivers? | | Author(s) | Renée H Lawrence, Sharon L Tennstedt, Susan F Assmann |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 13, no 1, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 150-158 |
| Keywords | Personal relationships ; Family care ; Spouses as carers ; Depression ; Stress ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Caregiver stress has been well documented in research, yet few studies have addressed the way a factor may operate in terms of affecting the linkages between stressors and caregiver well-being. This study examined whether caregiver-care-recipient relationship quality mediates, moderates, or both mediates and moderates the association between caregiver stressors (i.e., disability and behavioural problems) and negative consequences associated with caregiving (i.e., overload, role captivity, and depression). Data from adult child and spouse caregivers were drawn from the Massachusetts Elder Health project, a longitudinal study. Results showed that relationship quality mediated the linkages between the presence of problem behaviours and the outcomes of role captivity and depression. That is, when problem behaviours were present, they related to higher levels of captivity and depression because quality of the relationship suffered. Relationship quality moderated the linkage between disability and overload. In particular, for those with a higher quality of relationship, increased disability was related to higher levels of perceived overload. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980708413 A |
| Classmark | DS: P6:SJ: P6:SN: ENR: QNH: 3J: 7T |
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