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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.