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- Title
CARE GIVING OFFSPRING TO AGING PARENTS: HOW IT AFFECTS THEIR MARITAL RELATIONS, PARENTHOOD, AND MENTAL HEALTH.
- Authors
Ron, Pnina
- Abstract
The study examined the effect of direct and indirect stresses on the mental health of offspring caring for an aging parent. The study is based on Pearlin, Lieberman, Menaghan, and Mullan's (1981) Stress Development Model. The research examined 345 subjects, men and women aged 40-59 who filled a questionnaire sent by post within their workplace. The research findings show that the various stresses of the caregiver role are mutually connected and have a significant positive effect on the mental health of caregiving offspring. Another finding shows that the extended family support variable acts as a buffer on the caregiving burden on the adult child.
- Subjects
CAREGIVERS; ADULT children of aging parents; AGING parents; OLD age; MENTAL health; EXTENDED families; NUCLEAR families; MARITAL relations; PARENTHOOD
- Publication
Illness, Crisis & Loss, 2006, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1054-1373
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/105413730601400101