The Contribution of Attachment to Burden in Adult Children of Institutionalized Parents with Dementia

Studied 108 adults to investigate the impact of adult attachment to parents, perceived disease severity, and caregiving behaviors, moderated by perceived caregiving adequacy. Results indicate that attachment style and the trait aspect of attachment predicted both aspects of caregiver burden. Attachm...

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Published inThe Gerontologist Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 52
Main Author Crispi, Esther Loring
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.02.1997
Subjects
Aged
Alzheimers Disease
Attachment Behavior
Caregiver Attitudes
Caregiver Burden
Caregivers - psychology
Dementia - psychology
Family Caregivers
Family Relationship
Female
Frail Elderly
Helping Relationship
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Nursing Homes
Object Attachment
Parent Child Relationship
Parent-Child Relations
Predictor Variables
Regression Analysis
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Summary:Studied 108 adults to investigate the impact of adult attachment to parents, perceived disease severity, and caregiving behaviors, moderated by perceived caregiving adequacy. Results indicate that attachment style and the trait aspect of attachment predicted both aspects of caregiver burden. Attachment preoccupation predicted psychologic symptomatology. No other variables were significant predictors. (RJM)
ISSN:0016-9013
DOI:10.1093/geront/37.1.52