Stiens G, Maeck L, Stoppe G
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Bereich Humanmedizin, Georg-August-Universität, Von-Siebold-Strasse 5, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2006 Apr;39(2):120-5. doi: 10.1007/s00391-006-0336-z.
In this study, we administered the Louvain Filial Maturity Scale [Marcoen 1993] to 61 adult children of demented elderly. The scores of the seven factors of this scale were compared to the scores of an unselected group of adult children examined by Marcoen. The results were taken into the context with caregiver's burden, and the effect of filial maturity on parents' institutionalisation was investigated. Marcoen's results were confirmed. Only the means of "filial help" and "parental consideration" differed slightly from the means of the unselected group. Overall, filial maturity had no influence on the caregiver's feeling of burden, but higher "parental consideration" resulted in lower caregiver burden. In addition, adult children with more "filial obligation" continued to care for their parents in the community more often, even when experiencing great burden and stress. However, institutionalisation was caused mainly by parents' growing needs and increasing behavioural problems. We conclude that "filial maturity" seems to be a very stable concept. Further investigations should focus on the relevance of the Louvain Filial Maturity Scale for caregiving relationship and also on the arrangement of the scale in order to exclude a "pseudo"-stability with regard to burdensome life events and situations.
在本研究中，我们对61名老年痴呆患者的成年子女施测了鲁汶孝道成熟度量表[马尔肯，1993年]。将该量表七个因子的得分与马尔肯所测的一组未经挑选的成年子女的得分进行比较。结合照料者负担对结果进行分析，并探究孝道成熟度对父母入住养老院的影响。马尔肯的研究结果得到了证实。只有“孝顺帮助”和“为父母着想”这两个因子的均值与未经挑选组的均值略有不同。总体而言，孝道成熟度对照料者的负担感没有影响，但更高的“为父母着想”会使照料者负担减轻。此外，即使负担和压力很大，具有更多“孝顺义务”的成年子女更有可能继续在社区中照顾父母。然而，父母入住养老院主要是由于其需求增加和行为问题增多。我们得出结论，“孝道成熟度”似乎是一个非常稳定的概念。进一步的研究应聚焦于鲁汶孝道成熟度量表与照料关系的相关性，以及该量表的结构安排，以排除在生活事件和情境负担方面的“伪”稳定性。
