Care giving offspring to aging parents: How it affects their marital relations, parenthood, and mental health

Pnina Ron

doi:10.1177/105413730601400101

Care giving offspring to aging parents: How it affects their marital relations, parenthood, and mental health

Pnina Ron

School of Social Work

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Abstract

The study examined the effect of direct and indirect stresses on the mental health of offspring caring for an aging parent. The study is based on Pearlin, Lieberman, Menaghan, and Mullan's (1981) Stress Development Model. The research examined 345 subjects, men and women aged 40-59 who filled a questionnaire sent by post within their workplace. The research findings show that the various stresses of the caregiver role are mutually connected and have a significant positive effect on the mental health of caregiving offspring. Another finding shows that the extended family support variable acts as a buffer on the caregiving burden on the adult child.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-21
Number of pages	21
Journal	Illness Crisis and Loss
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/105413730601400101
State	Published - 2006

Keywords

Caregiving burden
Family support
Mental health

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Health(social science)
Sociology and Political Science

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