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- Title
Caregiver stressors and depressive symptoms among older husbands and wives in the United States.
- Authors
Kim, Min Hee; Dunkle, Ruth E.; Lehning, Amanda J.; Shen, Huei-Wern; Feld, Sheila; Perone, Angela K.
- Abstract
Framed by Pearlin’s Stress Process Model, this study prospectively examines the effects of primary stress factors reflecting the duration, amount, and type of care on the depressive symptoms of spousal caregivers over a2-year period, and whether the effects of stressors differ between husbands and wives. Data are from the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and we included community-dwelling respondents providing activities of daily life (ADL) and/or instrumental activities of daily life (IADL) help to their spouses/partners (N= 774). Results from multivariate regression models indicate that none of the primary stressors were associated with depressive symptoms. However, wives providing only personal care had significantly more depressive symptoms than wives providing only instrumental care, while husbands providing different types of care showed no such differences. To illuminate strategies for reducing the higher distress experienced by wife caregivers engaged in personal care assistance, further studies are needed incorporating couples’ relational dynamics and gendered experiences in personal care.
- Subjects
MENTAL depression risk factors; SEX distribution; PSYCHOLOGY of Spouses; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; ACTIVITIES of daily living; MULTIPLE regression analysis; BURDEN of care; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of Women & Aging, 2017, Vol 29, Issue 6, p494
- ISSN
0895-2841
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/08952841.2016.1223962