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GERONTOLOGIST
Volume 56, Issue 6, Pages 1102-1113Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv038
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Caregiving; Mental health; Spousal caregiving; Stress
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Purpose of the Study: This study compared the stress and mental health implications of caregiving to a spouse, children, siblings, other family members, friends, and others among middle-aged and older male and female caregivers. Design and Methods: Multivariate regression analyses were conducted using 2007 Canadian General Social Survey data collected on a subsample of caregivers aged 45 and older. Results: Our analyses revealed that for women, caring for a spouse or children was more stressful and detrimental to mental health than caring for parents or others. Similarly, for men, caring for a spouse and for children was more stressful than caring for others but did not adversely affect overall mental health. Implications: The findings suggest that spousal and child caregiving tend to be more rather than less stressful and detrimental to middle-aged and older caregivers' mental health than is caregiving to most others but that gender differences need to be considered.
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