title: Well-being of Sibling Caregivers: Effects of Kinship Relationship and Race.
abstract: This study examined whether caregiving has a differential effect on the well-being of sibling caregivers relative to other caregiving groups and whether race moderates this effect.
  
  
  
  Using the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, 631 family caregivers (including 61 sibling caregivers) and 4,944 noncaregivers were identified. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to estimate the effect of the caregiver-care recipient relationship and its interaction with race on caregivers' well-being (i.e., depressive symptoms, self-rated health, life satisfaction, and perceived control over life).
  
  
  
  Caregivers in general reported poorer well-being than noncaregivers, but sibling caregivers were less affected by caregiving than parent or spouse caregivers. Among sibling caregivers, caregiving took a significantly greater toll on non-Hispanic White caregivers than those from minority groups with respect to depressive symptoms and life satisfaction.
  
  
  
  The findings suggest that the experience of sibling caregivers is significantly shaped by their cultural background.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work.
authors.forename: Eun Ha
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Namkung
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work.|Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: Jan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work.|Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
authors.forename: Marsha R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mailick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D000066498:Emotional Adjustment; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D035781:Siblings / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States
keywords: Caregiving stress; Caregiving-informal; Kinship relationship; Race; Sibling caregivers