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AGING & MENTAL HEALTH
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 486-499Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.638905
Keywords
care giving; daily diary; disagreement; familism; family conflict
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- Frances McClelland Institute of Children, Youth, and Families
- Fitch Nesbitt Endowment (Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona)
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Objectives: Using selected concepts from Pearlin's care giving stress model and incorporating a daily stress-reactivity perspective, the current study surveyed Hispanic family caregivers (HCGs) to: (a) document the occurrence of family disagreements regarding care; (b) examine the impact of family disagreements regarding care on HCGs' emotional/physical well being; and (c) determine the moderating role of familism - whether strong familism beliefs buffer or exacerbate the negative impact of family disagreements on HCGs. Methods: Participants (n = 67) reported their daily experiences of family disagreements regarding care, depressive symptoms, feelings of burden, and physical health symptoms on eight consecutive survey days; and, in a separate survey, reported their global perceptions of family disagreements regarding care and their familism beliefs. Results: Multilevel-modeling indicated (a) a significant link between global perceptions of family disagreement regarding care and greater depressive symptoms, feelings of burden, and physical health symptoms and (b) significant moderating (i.e., exacerbating) effects of familism at the daily level suggesting that HCGs with stronger familism beliefs are more reactive to daily care-related family disagreement occurrences. Conclusions: The findings from the current study suggest that family disagreement regarding care is a salient aspect of the context of care giving for HCGs, and is linked to depressive symptoms, feelings of burden, and physical health symptoms. Familism may play an exacerbating role in this link. Interpretations of the results and implications for research and intervention are offered.
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