Franks M M, Stephens M A
Department of Psychology, Kent State University.
J Gerontol. 1992 May;47(3):S123-9. doi: 10.1093/geronj/47.3.s123.
Caregiver role experiences of 106 women in the context of their other role experiences as mother and wife were investigated. The study examined role-specific stressors as predictors of well-being (physical health, positive and negative affect), and investigated role-specific feelings of adequacy as a mediator between stress in a given role and well-being. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that different patterns of role stress were important in explaining different indices of well-being, and that the mother and wife roles contributed unique variance beyond the caregiver role. Path analyses indicated that feelings of adequacy served as a mediator in the role-specific stress process, especially that involving the caregiver and wife roles and the affective indices of well-being. This study suggests the importance of examining caregivers' role experiences in the context of their other family roles and identifies a psychological mechanism through which chronic role stress is related to well-being.
研究调查了106名女性作为母亲和妻子的其他角色经历背景下的照顾者角色体验。该研究考察了特定角色的压力源作为幸福（身体健康、积极和消极情绪）的预测因素，并调查了特定角色的胜任感作为特定角色压力与幸福之间的中介。分层回归分析表明，不同的角色压力模式在解释不同的幸福指标方面很重要，并且母亲和妻子角色除了照顾者角色之外还贡献了独特的方差。路径分析表明，胜任感在特定角色的压力过程中起中介作用，特别是涉及照顾者和妻子角色以及幸福的情感指标的压力过程。这项研究表明了在照顾者其他家庭角色背景下考察其角色体验的重要性，并确定了一种心理机制，通过该机制长期角色压力与幸福相关联。
