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Cognitive style and perceived control in spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers
Author(s) -
Morris Lorna W.,
Morris Robin G.,
Britton Peter G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1989.tb02824.x
Subject(s) - spouse , dementia , psychology , depression (economics) , perception , clinical psychology , cognition , affect (linguistics) , psychiatry , medicine , disease , communication , pathology , neuroscience , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
The study investigated the cognitive style and perception of control in co‐resident spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers and their association with psychological adjustment. Depression and strain were significantly correlated with the caregivers' perception that the stress they were experiencing would continue and the expectation that it would affect all areas of their lives. However, the correlations between these factors and depression were no longer significant after partialling out the caregivers' rating of the behavioural disabilities and disturbances of the dementia sufferer. Depression and strain were significantly correlated with the caregivers' perceived lack of control over their own emotional reaction and over the dementia sufferers' behaviour.