title: Cultural differences in caregiving motivations for demented parents: Korean caregivers versus American caregivers.
abstract: The study examined differences in motivations for parent care of Korean caregivers and Caucasian American caregivers of elderly parents with dementia. A number of American caregivers, mostly daughters of the demented parents, had affectionate relationships with their parents, but they expressed a relatively low degree of filial responsibility. In contrast, among Korean caregivers, the care of demented parents was predominantly the responsibility of daughters-in-law who were less likely to have affectionate relationships with the parents-in-law. However, Korean caregivers expressed a significantly higher level of filial responsibility than the American caregivers. Some cultural differences between the two ethnic groups associated with parent care were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Seoul Women's University, Korea.
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Sung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012494:Sampling Studies; D014481:United States