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The Role of Religion/Spirituality in Coping With Caregiving for Disabled Elders

Author(s) -

BeiHung Chang,

Anne E. Noonan,

Sharon L. Tennstedt

Publication year - 1998

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/38.4.463

Subject(s) - spirituality , coping (psychology) , psychology , gerontology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology

This study examined how religious/spiritual coping was related to specific conditions of caregiving and psychological distress among 127 informal caregivers to community-residing disabled elders. Support was found for the hypothesis that religious/spiritual coping influences caregiver distress indirectly through the quality of the relationship between caregiver and care recipient. Caregivers who used religious or spiritual beliefs to cope with caregiving had a better relationship with care recipients, which was associated with lower levels of depression and role submersion.

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