Cultural Values and Caregiving: The Updated Sociocultural Stress and Coping Model

Abstract

This review revises the sociocultural stress and coping model for culturally diverse family caregivers proposed in 1997 by Aranda and Knight. Available research on the influence of cultural values on the stress and coping process among family caregivers supports a common core model that is consistent across ethnic groups and that links care recipients' behavior problems and functional impairments to caregivers' burden appraisals and health outcomes. Familism as a cultural value appears to be multidimensional in its effects, with obligation values often being more influential than family solidarity. The effects of cultural values and other ethnic differences in stress and coping appear to involve social support and coping styles rather than burden appraisals. Implications of the revised model for research and practice are discussed.

Culture, Caregiving, and Health: Exploring the Influence of Culture on Family Caregiver Experiences

“…Family Caregivers as the basis for analysis for all four focus groups' qualitative data [18]. We found some significant differences in the cultural values and norms that shaped the caregiving experience.…”

“…We utilized The Updated Sociocultural Stress and Coping Model to guide our data analysis [18]. Two researchers from the team analyzed the focus group transcripts using the following steps.…”

“…Although the consensus of the research on caregiving and culture to date finds that caregiving experiences differ significantly among ethnic groups, the question remains as to how 2 ISRN Public Health culture impacts caregiving [11,17,18]. Building upon recommendations in the literature, the overall goal of our analysis was to expand knowledge regarding cultural differences in family caregiving experiences as it relates to perceived expectations of caregiving.…”

Family burden related to mental and physical disorders in the world: results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys

“…Finally, the broader focus of this study design did not allow in-depth explorations of other important aspects of family caregiving and associated burden, such as impact on caregiver quality of life, physical health, or stress-buffering supports, which have been the focus of other studies. 11,12,15,40 Finally, the WMH surveys did not collect data on the number of family members a respondent had and/or lived with, the extent of relatives that were encompassed within the core family in different countries, or the number of family members of a given type with a particular type of illness, imposing restrictions on the extent to which we could carry out finegrained analyses of complex caregiving situations.…”

Cancer caregiving : an exploration of values, burden, repetitive thinking, and depression.

“…Filial piety is another cultural value identified in the literature, although it has received limited attention; it has been defined as familial respect and the prioritization of the family's needs over the individual's needs (McCleary & Blain, 2013). Research conducted by Chun (as cited in Knight et al, 2010) revealed that this particular cultural value may be associated with adaptive coping styles, such as problem-focused coping. Thus, research exploring familism and filial piety has supported a relationship between cultural values and coping.…”