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Peer reviewedBullock, Karen; Crawford, Sybil L.; Tennstedt, Sharon L. – Social Work, 2003
To understand the challenges African American families face when combining employment commitments and informal caregiving responsibilities, uses data from a sample of 119 African American elder-caregiver dyads. Examines the nature of caregiving relationships and extent to which caregivers' employment statuses affect the hours of care provided.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Caregiver Role, Family Caregivers, Family Work Relationship
Peer reviewedChang, Bei-Hung; Noonan, Anne E.; Tennstedt, Sharon L. – Gerontologist, 1998
Examines how religious/spiritual coping was related to caregiving and psychological distress among informal caregivers (N=127) to community-residing disabled elders. 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…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Coping, Depression (Psychology), Disabilities
Peer reviewedNoonan, Anne E.; Tennstedt, Sharon L. – Gerontologist, 1997
Examines the relationship between meaning in caregiving (positive beliefs about the caregiving situation and the self as caregiver) and the psychological well-being of 131 informal caregivers to community-residing frail elders. Results indicate that meaning in caregiving explained a significant portion of the differences in depression and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Caregiver Role, Caregivers, Depression (Psychology)
