Suitor J J, Pillemer K
Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1996 Nov;51(6):S297-306. doi: 10.1093/geronb/51b.6.s297.
This research uses data collected on 57 married daughters and 1,069 members of their social networks to examine patterns of social support and interpersonal stress across the first two years of caring for parents with dementia. Reports by the caregivers indicated that friends were the most prominent source of emotional support, while siblings were the greatest source of instrumental support and interpersonal stress, both shortly after the parent's diagnosis and two years later. Multivariate analyses demonstrated that associates who had cared for family members themselves were more likely to have been sources of instrumental support both shortly after diagnosis and two years later. Caregiving similarity was also the most important factor in explaining both emotional support and interpersonal stress at T1; however, its effect diminished across the subsequent two years. These findings suggest that experiential similarity may become less important in explaining some dimensions of interpersonal relations as individuals move further from status transitions.
本研究使用收集到的57名已婚女儿及其1069名社交网络成员的数据，来考察在照顾患有痴呆症的父母的头两年中社会支持和人际压力的模式。照顾者的报告表明，朋友是情感支持的最主要来源，而兄弟姐妹则是工具性支持和人际压力的最大来源，无论是在父母确诊后不久还是两年后。多变量分析表明，自己曾照顾过家庭成员的社交伙伴在确诊后不久和两年后更有可能成为工具性支持的来源。照顾经历的相似性也是解释T1阶段情感支持和人际压力的最重要因素；然而，在随后的两年里其影响逐渐减弱。这些发现表明，随着个体逐渐远离身份转变，经验相似性在解释人际关系的某些方面可能变得不那么重要。
