Longitudinal impact of interhousehold caregiving on adult children's mental health.

Townsend, Aloen L.; Noelker, Linda S.; Deimling, Gary T.; Bass, David

doi:10.1037/0882-7974.4.4.393

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“…The first states that both physical and psychological depletion should be expected for caregivers in the long term, as their -physical and psychological -resources get progressively exhausted (Johnson & Catalano, 1983). On the other hand, the later suggests that the familiar adjustment to the caregiver role improves over time (Townsend, Noelker, Deimling, & Bass, 1989), more in view with the actual resilience theories. That the arousal of psychiatric symptoms in a family system would better suit the wear and tear hypothesis, while ID carers would probably suit the adaptational theory.…”

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Family impact in intellectual disability, severe mental health disorders and mental health disorders in ID. A comparison

Martorell

Gutiérrez-Recacha

Irazábal

et al. 2011

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Family impact in intellectual disability, severe mental health disorders and mental health disorders in ID. A comparison

Martorell

Gutiérrez-Recacha

Irazábal

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Research in Developmental Disabilities

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“…Although the wear-and-tear hypothesis of caregiving (Townsend, Noelker, Deimling, & Bass, 1989) would suggest that the cumulative toll of providing longterm care leads to psychological strain, some studies have shown parents of older children with autism to have higher levels of psychological well-being than parents of younger children, implying adaptation to the caregiving role over time. For instance, Fitzgerald, Birkbeck, and Matthews (2002) reported that having an older child with autism (mean age = 15.84 years) is associated with better maternal mental health and less caregiving burden in comparison with having a younger child (mean age = 10.53 years).…”

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A Comparative Analysis of Well-Being and Coping among Mothers of Toddlers and Mothers of Adolescents with ASD

Smith

Seltzer

Tager–Flusberg

et al. 2007

J Autism Dev Disord

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The present study examined the impact of autism symptoms and coping strategies on the well-being of mothers of children with ASD. The sample consisted of 153 mothers of toddlers and 201 mothers of adolescents drawn from two ongoing, longitudinal studies of families of individuals with ASD. For mothers of toddlers, lower levels of emotion-focused coping and higher levels of problemfocused coping were generally associated with better maternal well-being, regardless of the level of child symptomatology. For mothers of adolescents, coping often acted as a buffer when autism symptoms were high. Although there was evidence of maternal distress in both groups, the presence of significant buffering effects reflects adaptation in the face of stress, particularly for mothers of adolescents. Keywordscoping; autism symptoms; maternal well-being; toddlers; adolescents Raising a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is considered to be a highly stressful event for families (Duarte, Bordin, Yazigi, & Mooney, 2005). In comparison to parents of children with other disabilities (Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, undifferentiated developmental disability, and cerebral palsy), mothers of individuals with ASD report more negative impact and poorer well-being during their children's preschool years (Eisenhower, Baker, & Blacher, 2005) and adulthood Blacher & McIntyre, 2006). Despite the challenges associated with caring for a child with a developmental disability, there is evidence that coping strategies may play a protective role for parents (Essex, Seltzer, & Krauss, 1999;Seltzer, Greenberg, & Krauss, 1995). The present study evaluated the impact of children's autism symptoms and maternal coping strategies on well-being in mothers of toddlers and mothers of adolescents with ASD. Child Characteristics and Maternal Well-BeingThe challenging behaviors of children with ASD have been repeatedly associated with poor maternal psychological well-being Allik, Larsson, & Smedje, 2006;Herring et al., 2006) and high levels of stress (Bromley, Hare, Davison, & Emerson, 2004;Lecavalier, Leone, & Wiltz, 2006). There is some Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Leann E. Smith, Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave., Madison, WI 53705. Phone: (608) 890-1390; Fax: (608) NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript debate, however, if the core symptoms of ASD, or alternatively, behavior problems more generally, drive this connection between autism and maternal well-being. For instance, a recent study by Hastings, demonstrated that behavior problems of preschool children with autism, but not adaptive behavior or severity of autism symptoms, were associated with maternal stress. Similarly, in a study comparing toddlers and preschoolers with pervasive developmental disorder to those with developmental delays, emotional and behavioral problems predicted maternal stress, mental health problems, and family dysfunction above the effects of diagnosis, le...

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“…An American quantitative study by Bookwala (2009) 52 may explain this difference. With reference to Lawton et al (2000) and Townsend et al (1989), Bookwala proposed that two competing models in the literature of caregiving exist, namely the wear-and-tear model (connected to negative experience and care burden that erodes caregivers' resources and wellbeing) and the adaptation model (which suggests that negative experience appears at the beginning of the caregiving responsibility and then improvement occurs up to baseline levels). The aim of the study was to test the hy-51 In Dunér's (2010) study, 16 family caregivers were interviewed about their experience of giving care.…”

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“…This section is based on those articles. Townsend et al (1989) The theory of doing the best I can: Brown et al (2007) Stress process model: Pearlin et al (1990) …”

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Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship

Wallroth

2016

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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In caregiving literature, it is often the female gender that has been the focus of attention, and in particular women's unpaid labor. Studies also tend to make comparisons between men's and women's caregiving, using men's caregiving experiences to show not only that women face greater burdens, but also that men's needs can be disregarded. This means that while gender analyses are not uncommon in the caregiving literature, gender tends to be equated with womanhood. The research problem that this dissertation addresses is therefore the gender bias that characterizes caregiving scholarship at present and the fact that this bias is impeding us from moving the debates on care and caregiving forward. The aim of the dissertation is twofold. Firstly, it attempts to contribute to the rectification of the gender bias in question by focusing on men's caregiving and answering the following research questions: What motivates men to provide care for their elderly parents? How do adult sons experience caregiving? What do adult sons think that care and caregiving are, i.e. what are their perspectives on care? Secondly, this dissertation also aims to explore whether a gender-aware and masculinity-informed perspective can be used to enhance our understanding of caregiving. Thus, through a phenomenological analysis of interviews with 19 caregiving adult sons and sons-in-law, this dissertation discusses how motives, experiences and perspectives, which have so far been interpreted as unique to women, are also matters that men talk about and consider important in caregiving. The dissertation argues therefore that much could be gained if we were to rectify the gender bias that characterizes the literature on family caregiving and explore caregiving men in the genderaware and masculinity-informed way that is lacking in this literature at present. Inspired by the debate within studies of masculinity, the dissertation argues that within the debate on care there is a hegemony of care which has so far tended to exclude men's perspectives on caregiving because literature on family caregiving has regarded women as the ideal caregivers. This dissertation shows that a gender-aware and masculinity-informed perspective on care can increase our understanding of family caregiving and contribute to the rectification of the gender bias that care research suffers from. Against this backdrop, it is proposed that caregiving men should not solely be regarded as empirically interesting. This is because they are an unexploited and theoretically profuse source of information about caregiving.

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Longitudinal impact of interhousehold caregiving on adult children's mental health.

Cited by 191 publications

References 19 publications

Family impact in intellectual disability, severe mental health disorders and mental health disorders in ID. A comparison

Family impact in intellectual disability, severe mental health disorders and mental health disorders in ID. A comparison

A Comparative Analysis of Well-Being and Coping among Mothers of Toddlers and Mothers of Adolescents with ASD

Men do care! : A gender-aware and masculinity-informed contribution to caregiving scholarship

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