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| Congruence among husband and wife caregivers | | Author(s) | Neena L Chappell, Valerie S Kuehne |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging Studies, vol 12, no 3, Fall 1998 |
| Pages | pp 239-254 |
| Keywords | Spouses as carers ; Husbands ; Wives ; Family relationships ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Congruence in marital relationships of spouse caregivers and their spouses was examined through qualitative interviews with both caregivers and care receivers in this study. Overall, most couples demonstrated positive affect congruency. However, there was an increased likelihood of positive affect congruency where the husband was the caregiver than where the wife was the caregiver.Further, few husbands as caregivers expressed negative sentiment, whereas a third of wife caregivers expressed negative effect, possibly due to men's perceived choice but women's obligation to take on caregiving. While a majority of couples also revealed congruence of meaning, it was considerably less than for affect congruence. When congruence was related to quantitative data collected from structured interviews with both the caregiver and care recipient, it was satisfaction with the partner and with life that was related to congruence. Although the sample was small (54 couples), the findings point to the caregiver's rather than the care receiver's salience in defining congruency within the caregiving relationship. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981118402 A |
| Classmark | P6:SN: SNA: SNW: DS:SJ: 7T |
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