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Longitudinal patterns of risk for depression in dementia caregivers
— objective and subjective primary stress as predictors | | Author(s) | Mary E Liming Alspaugh, Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Aloen L Townsend |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 14, no 1, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 34-43 |
| Keywords | Depression ; At risk ; Informal care ; Dementia ; Stress ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The present study examined how patterns of risk for depression over one year in 188 dementia caregivers (88 consistently asymptomatic, 40 consistently symptomatic, and 60 changing risk) could be predicted by objective (behaviour problem of the relative) and subjective (role captivity and overload) primary stress. Results reveal that all primary stressors differentiated caregivers who remained at low levels of symptomatology over the course of one year from those who were at risk for experiencing a depressive disorder. In addition, caregivers' subjective experience of role captivity predicted the chronicity of risk. Findings extend previous caregiving research on patterns of depressive symptomatology, by highlighting the relationship between subjective primary stressors and stability and change in caregivers' mental health. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825202 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CA3: P6: EA: QNH: 3J: 7T |
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