Fink S V
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Nurs Res. 1995 May-Jun;44(3):139-46.
The purpose of this study was to test a theoretical model developed to explain strains and well-being in families providing care to an elderly parent. The influences of family resources and demands on the well-being of caregiving families and the strains they experienced were examined in a sample of 65 families recruited through a variety of agencies serving older adults and their families. Two types of resources were examined: social support and internal system resources. Demands examined included family life events, the amount of care provided to the elderly parent, and the caregiver's appraisal of caregiving. Socioeconomic status (SES) was included in tests of the model since it was related to both family internal system resources and well-being. Resource variables, demand variables, and SES together accounted for 26% of the variance in family strains. Resource variables, strains, and SES together accounted for 65% of the variance in family well-being.
本研究的目的是检验一个为解释照料年迈父母的家庭中的压力与幸福感而构建的理论模型。通过为老年人及其家庭服务的各类机构招募了65个家庭样本，考察了家庭资源和需求对照料家庭幸福感及其所经历压力的影响。研究考察了两种资源：社会支持和内部系统资源。考察的需求包括家庭生活事件、为年迈父母提供的照料量以及照料者对照料的评价。社会经济地位（SES）被纳入模型测试，因为它与家庭内部系统资源和幸福感均相关。资源变量、需求变量和社会经济地位共同解释了家庭压力中26%的方差变异。资源变量、压力和社会经济地位共同解释了家庭幸福感中65%的方差变异。
