title: Application of an attribution-affect-action model of caregiving behavior.
abstract: An attribution model was used to examine how staff perceptions of behavior of a resident with Alzheimer's disease influenced the way the behavior was managed. A sample of 54 female nursing staff members responded to a vignette describing a caregiving situation of a demented resident who was not feeding himself or herself. Caregiver attribution of resident behavior to reversible causes significantly predicted expectations for improved self-feeding in the future, and future expectations for self-feeding were significantly related to caregiving behavior to encourage self-feeding. Caregivers expected greater participation in self-feeding by female residents than by male residents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fopma-Loy
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012648:Self Care; D012938:Social Perception