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The role of religion/spirituality in coping with caregiving for disabled elders
- Authors:
- CHANG Bei-Hung, NOONAN Anne E., TENNSTEDT Sharon L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(4), August 1998, pp.463-470.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines how religious/spiritual coping is related to specific conditions of caregiving and psychological distress among informal caregivers to community-residing disabled elders. Support was found for the hypothesis that religious/spiritual coping influences caregiver distress indirectly through the quality of the relationship between caregiver and care recipient. Caregivers who used religious or spiritual beliefs to cope with caregiving have a better relationship with care recipients, which is associated with lower levels of depression and role submersion.
Meaning in caregiving and its contribution to caregiver well-being
- Authors:
- NOONAN Anne E., TENNSTEDT Sharon L.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 37(6), December 1997, pp.785-794.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Examines the relationship between meaning in caregiving - positive beliefs about the caregiving situation and the self as caregiver - and the psychological well-being of informal caregivers to community-residing frail elders in the USA. Measures of well-being included depression, self-esteem, mastery, role captivity, and loss of self. The conceptual parameters of meaning in caregiving are discussed, as are directions for future research.