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Filtering by: Subject Caregivers -- Psychology Remove constraint Subject: Caregivers -- Psychology Academic Affiliation Human Development and Family Sciences Remove constraint Academic Affiliation: Human Development and Family Sciences Decade 2000-2009 Remove constraint Decade: 2000-2009

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  • Long-distance caregivers and stress

    Creator:
    Kolb, Karen N.
    Abstract:
    Grounded in the life course perspective, this study examined stress among long-distance caregivers, asking whether stress levels vary by family relation to the care recipient or by geographic distance. A growing older adult population forecasts a corresponding need for caregivers. Although family members are the primary source of care for...
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    Masters Thesis
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    reflects the strongest kin obligation, child caregivers may have a higher likelihood of caregiver

  • Taking a broader approach : longitudinal effects of personality on the physical health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups

    Creator:
    Hall, Brandi June
    Abstract:
    Caregiving circumstances frequently evoke high levels of stress for caregivers and have consistently been linked to adverse psychological and physical health consequences. Within the caregiving literature, researchers have sought to answer questions about why some individuals seem to be particularly vulnerable to the well-established deleterious consequences of caregiving stress. Several...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    between caregiver personality and contextual variables at Time 1 with perceived physical health at Time

  • End-of-life caregiving

    Creator:
    Nelson, Christine A.
    Abstract:
    Over the past decade, changes in health, economic, and social policies have shifted the dying process out of hospitals and into the community. This exploratory,hypothesis-generating study investigated positive and negative caregiving as well as care management resources of community-based end-of-life caregivers and how they related to caregivers' personal growth following...
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    Dissertation
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    Caregiver Adaptation Synthesis ............................................................7 Literature

  • Personality traits and mental health of spouse caregivers in two disease groups : Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

    Creator:
    Lee, Soyoung Choun
    Abstract:
    A consistent research question in caregiving is why caregivers show individual differences in their abilities to manage stress. This study focuses on the personality traits of spouse caregivers to assess individual differences which enable them to adapt to their particular caregiving situation. Previous research has established concurrent relationships between personality...
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    Masters Thesis