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Family Care of the Elderly: Stress, Appraisal, and Coping

Clara M. Long

York College of Pennsylvania

Using retrospective survey design, data were collected from 72 family caregivers of cognitively competent, noninstitutionalized elderly family members. A parent-care task list designated the strain encounter, and a visual analogue scale measured stress. The Ways of Coping Index measured emotion- and problem-focused coping behavior. Appraisal was measured by choosing one option from a four-item questionnaire. Findings, after analysis of variance and regression procedures, indicated that caregivers used a combination of problem- and emotion-focused behaviors in coping with parent-care situations classified as strains, particularly when they were appraised as "must be accepted or gotten used to. " Use of emotion-focused coping was somewhat greater as stress increased, and the use of problem-focused coping was greater when the situation was appraised as amenable to some type of action.

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 10, No. 3, 311-327 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/073346489101000306
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