title: Risk factors associated with negative interactions between family caregivers and elderly care-receivers.
abstract: This article reports the findings from a study of factors related to negative interactions between elderly care-receivers, recently discharged from a hospital stay, and their family caregivers. Negative interactions are measured as over conflicts between the caregiver and care-receiver, and reported levels of upset with the caregiver. Respondents were forty-one patients aged fifty-six to ninety years. Feeling like a "thing" more than a "person" was significantly associated with higher levels of conflict, and the availability of a confidante was significantly associated with lower levels of conflict. With respect to upset ratings, more psychological distress and feeling like a "thing" were associated with more upset, and adequate social support, as well as the availability of a confidante were associated with lower upset ratings.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*