title: Can cultural values help explain the positive aspects of caregiving among Chinese American caregivers?
abstract: This study used an adaptation of the caregivers' stress model to examine the positive aspects of caregiving with 113 Chinese American family caregivers who provided care to their elderly relatives. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that combination of caregiver background characteristics, stressors, and cultural values had direct effects on positive aspects of caregiving. Unlike previous studies in which cultural values were not measured, this study found that cultural values helped explain positive aspects of caregiving. Specifically, cultural values, caregiver's health, and caregiver's age predicted positive aspects of caregiving. Service implications are discussed based upon the findings.
authors.affiliation: School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey, USA. tangmaggie1221@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States