Burden and Well-Being: The Same Coin or Related Currency? | Zendy

Jon C. Stuckey | Zendy; Marcia M. Neundorfer | Zendy; Kathleen A. Smyth | Zendy

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Burden and Well-Being: The Same Coin or Related Currency?

Author(s) -

Jon C. Stuckey,

Marcia M. Neundorfer,

Kathleen A. Smyth

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/36.5.686

Subject(s) - currency , psychology , caregiver burden , social psychology , economics , medicine , monetary economics , dementia , disease , pathology

To examine whether caregiver burden and general well-being are opposite sides of the same coin or distinct constructs, we compared burden (in physical, mental, financial, and social domains) and well-being (in the same domains, but with separate objective and subjective measures). The domains of burden and well-being were examined first as correlates of one another, second as correlates of antecedents in the caregiving situation, and finally, as predictors of likelihood to institutionalize. We conclude that burden and well-being are not opposite sides of the same coin, but rather related currency, each useful for tapping unique facets of the caregiving experience.

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