Suitor J J, Pillemer K
Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University.
J Gerontol. 1993 Jan;48(1):S1-8. doi: 10.1093/geronj/48.1.s1.
Data collected on 95 married daughters and 1,195 members of their social networks are used to investigate factors differentiating individuals who were and were not a source of social support or interpersonal stress to women caring for parents with dementia. Reports by the caregivers indicated that siblings and friends were almost equally important sources of support, but that siblings were overwhelmingly the most important source of interpersonal stress. Multivariate analyses demonstrated the importance of some dimensions of status similarity in explaining which network members were a source of support or stress. Individuals who had cared for an elderly relative were more likely to have been a source of support and less likely to have been a source of stress; individuals who were more similar in age to the caregivers were also less likely to have been a source of stress. Gender similarity was also associated with the provision of support; however, gender-similar network members were also a greater source of interpersonal stress.
收集了95名已婚女儿及其1195名社交网络成员的数据，以调查区分那些对照顾痴呆症父母的女性提供或未提供社会支持或人际压力的个体的因素。照顾者的报告表明，兄弟姐妹和朋友几乎是同样重要的支持来源，但兄弟姐妹绝对是最重要的人际压力来源。多变量分析表明，地位相似性的某些维度在解释哪些网络成员是支持或压力来源方面具有重要意义。照顾过老年亲属的个体更有可能成为支持来源，而成为压力来源的可能性较小；与照顾者年龄更相似的个体成为压力来源的可能性也较小。性别相似性也与提供支持有关；然而，性别相似的网络成员也是更大的人际压力来源。
