Caregivers' appraisals of efficacy in coping with dementia
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Caregivers' appraisals of coping efficacy in dementia depend on the effects of coping on their problem-solving ability, self-esteem, emotional control, relationship with the patient, and personal skills. Improved coping ability, nonefficacious coping outcomes, lack of coping options and control, and means/ends insights are related to distress and well-being. Results are based on the assessment of 87 family caregivers. The appraisals vary with changes in the person-environmental transactions.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1996
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Response biases as a confound to expressed burden among spousal caregivers of suspected dementia patients
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A study of the relationship of expressed burden among spousal caregivers of dementia patients to systemic response bias indicates that the former is inversely related to the latter. However, expressed burden fails to have any relationship with individual social desirability. Caregivers who have high scores of systemic response bias report less burden. Results suggest that systemic response bias apparently has an independent effect on levels of caregivers' expressed burdens.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1996
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Role of family adaptability in the psychological adjustment of spouse caregivers to patients with dementia
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A study of the significance of family adjustability in spousal caregiving to patients with dementia reveals that longer hours of care induced greater depression on caregivers with lower adjustability while caregivers higher in adaptability were unaffected by the hours of care provided. Behavior and memory problems were directly proportional to burden and depression. The effect of role endorsements on the degree of adaptability is discussed.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1995
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