title: Perceived income inadequacy as a predictor of psychological distress in Alzheimer's caregivers.
abstract: The authors examined perceived income inadequacy as a predictor of self-reported depressive symptomatology and anxiety in the original sites of the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health I project. Perceived income inadequacy, self-reported household income, and control factors (e.g., subjective health) were entered into hierarchical regression analyses predicting psychological distress. Findings suggest that perceived income inadequacy and not household income significantly predicted more self-reported depressive symptomatology and greater self-reported anxiety. This supports previous findings that objective income measures alone are not adequate indicators of socioeconomic status in older adults.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ 85306, USA. feisun@gmail.com
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hilgeman
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Durkin
authors.forename: Rebecca S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Louis D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Burgio
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors