Abstract
Wife (n= 39) and daughter (n= 32) caregivers completed the Revised Ways of Coping Checklist and measures of caregiver burden, perceived stress, depressive symptoms, and anger expression. Although wives and daughters did not differ in psychological variables, daughters were more likely than wives to use problem-focused coping, blame of others, and self blame. However, the proportion of effort devoted to each of the eight coping strategies did not differ by caregiver relationship. The relationships between coping strategies and psychological measures were stronger for wives, with avoidance, blame of others, and wishful thinking related to higher levels of caregiver burden, stress, depression, and anger- in, and lower levels of anger control. For daughters, self-blame was associated with greater anger in and problem-focused coping was associated with greater anger control. Depressive symptoms were significantly associated with perceived stress, subjective burden, anger-out, anger-in, and anger-control. Our results underscore that daughters and wives experience and cope with caregiving differently and may have different needs for assistance. Other factors that were not assessed, including role strain and role satisfaction, may have a greater impact on caregiving daughters' psychological well being.
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