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P1‐184: Idealization of marriage as a distress buffer among spouses of Alzheimer patients
Author(s) -
O'Rourke Norm,
Naslund John,
Kupferschmidt Anthony,
Beattie B. Lynn
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.04.190
Subject(s) - spouse , idealization , dementia , marital status , socioeconomic status , distress , psychology , caregiver burden , medicine , gerontology , demography , clinical psychology , disease , psychiatry , population , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology
unique significance (b1⁄4 -.22, p< .05). Finally, psychological resilience contributed an additional 2% to prediction of caregiver life satisfaction though none of the three components of resilience emerged as uniquely significant. Conclusions: The findings from this study provide partial support for the assumption that psychological resilience is significantly associated with the well-being of spouses of persons with Alzheimer disease. The contribution of perceived control emerged as a unique predictor of both depressive symptomatology and caregiver burden whereas challenge predicted only the former. None of the facets provided unique contribution to life satisfaction though psychological resilience as a whole emerged as statistically significant. These findings suggest that the contribution of psychological resilience differs in strength and composition across various indices of caregiver well-being.