TY - JOUR
T1 - Depression in family caregivers of mexican descent
T2 - Exacerbated by stress and mitigated by mutuality
AU - Crist, Janice D.
AU - Pasvogel, Alice
AU - Szalacha, Laura A.
AU - Finley, Brooke A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Despite common assumptions that non-paid family caregivers of Mexican descent benefit spiritually from their roles according to cultural familistic norms, there is also evidence of caregiver stress resulting in depression. Depression has the potential to seriously affect caregivers’ health and their ability to continue to provide care. The current study’s purpose was to examine the relationships among depression, stress, and mutuality (i.e., the quality of the caregiver–care recipient relationship) (N = 74 caregivers of Mexican descent in the southwestern United States). Multiple regression models and exploratory mediational analyses indicated that the stress–depression relationship can be significantly mediated by mutuality. Results support culturally appropriate interventions to decrease caregiver stress and depression by promoting mutuality. In addition, with changing trends in outside work roles and mobility of caregivers of Mexican descent, policy should make services truly accessible to support caregiving families of Mexican descent.
AB - Despite common assumptions that non-paid family caregivers of Mexican descent benefit spiritually from their roles according to cultural familistic norms, there is also evidence of caregiver stress resulting in depression. Depression has the potential to seriously affect caregivers’ health and their ability to continue to provide care. The current study’s purpose was to examine the relationships among depression, stress, and mutuality (i.e., the quality of the caregiver–care recipient relationship) (N = 74 caregivers of Mexican descent in the southwestern United States). Multiple regression models and exploratory mediational analyses indicated that the stress–depression relationship can be significantly mediated by mutuality. Results support culturally appropriate interventions to decrease caregiver stress and depression by promoting mutuality. In addition, with changing trends in outside work roles and mobility of caregivers of Mexican descent, policy should make services truly accessible to support caregiving families of Mexican descent.
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U2 - 10.3928/19404921-20170412-01
DO - 10.3928/19404921-20170412-01
M3 - Article
C2 - 28541586
AN - SCOPUS:85020768271
SN - 1940-4921
VL - 10
SP - 106
EP - 113
JO - Research in Gerontological Nursing
JF - Research in Gerontological Nursing
IS - 3
ER -