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| Typologies of caregiving families: family congruence and individual well-being | | Author(s) | Rachel A Pruchno, Christopher J Burant, Norah D Peters |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 2, April 1997 |
| Pages | pp 157-167 |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Multi generation families ; Family relationships ; Stress ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from 252 female primary caregivers, their husbands, and children living in multigenerational households were used in this US study to create family typologies based on the extent of similarity among reports of the behaviour of the older family member. Analysis of variance indicated that families characterised by high agreement and those characterised by low agreement were significantly different from one another on a number of dimensions. When the relationship between caregiver-reported stressors and mental health was examined as a function of family typology, results indicated that for high agreement families there were significant correlations between the caregiver's report of the older person's behaviour and her burden; satisfaction with caregiving; relationships with her husband, child and older relative; and depression. Similar relationships characterised data reported by husbands and children in high agreement families. For families characterised by low agreement, the majority of these relationships were not significant. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980813402 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: SJC: DS:SJ: QNH: 7T |
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