Spouses, adult children, and children-in-law as caregivers of older adults: A meta-analytic comparison.
Abstract
The present meta-analysis integrates the results from 168 empirical studies on differences between caregiving spouses, adult children, and children-in-law. Spouses differ from children and children-in-law significantly with regard to sociodemographic variables; also, they provide more support but report fewer care recipient behavior problems. Spouse caregivers report more depression symptoms, greater financial and physical burden, and lower levels of psychological well-being. Higher levels of psychological distress among spouses are explained mostly--but not completely--by higher levels of care provision. Few differences emerge between children and children-in-law, but children-in-law perceive the relationship with the care recipient as less positive and they report fewer uplifts of caregiving.
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Martin Pinquart, Silvia Sörensen (2011). Spouses, adult children, and children-in-law as caregivers of older adults: A meta-analytic comparison.. Psychology and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0021863
@article{martin2011spouses,
title = {Spouses, adult children, and children-in-law as caregivers of older adults: A meta-analytic comparison.},
author = {Pinquart, Martin and Sörensen, Silvia},
year = {2011},
journal = {Psychology and Aging},
doi = {10.1037/a0021863}
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