Unmet Expectations in Alzheimer’s Family Caregiving: Interactional Characteristics Associated With Perceived Under-Contribution | Zendy

Sato Ashida | Zendy; Christopher Steven Marcum | Zendy; Laura M. Koehly | Zendy

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Unmet Expectations in Alzheimer’s Family Caregiving: Interactional Characteristics Associated With Perceived Under-Contribution

Author(s) -

Sato Ashida,

Christopher Steven Marcum,

Laura M. Koehly

Publication year - 2017

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/gnx141

Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine

Perceptions about family members not contributing enough to caregiving are documented to create psychological stress among caregivers. This study investigated whether individuals' perception that family members are under-contributing in caregiving processes was associated with their psychological well-being and explored the factors that may contribute to such perception borrowing concepts from a previous study: malfeasance, nonfeasance, and uplift.

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