Family Matters: Cross-Cultural Differences in Familism and Caregiving Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The increasing number of minority older adults, and the subsequent increase in family members providing care to these individuals, highlights the need to understand how cultural values contribute to differential caregiving outcomes. Using the sociocultural stress and coping model as a guiding framework, the current study examined cross-cultural relationships among familism, social support, self-efficacy, and caregiving outcomes and examines how these relationships vary as a function of caregiver background characteristics.

Methods

Baseline data were collected from 243 participants in the Caring for the Caregiver Network randomized controlled intervention trial. Participants completed measures assessing familism, social support, self-efficacy, positive aspects of c

SUBMITTER: Falzarano F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9255933 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature