PREDICTING CAREGIVER STRESS: An Ecological Perspective

The family caregiving process for children with severe emotional disorders is conceptualized from an ecological perspective and examined in light of outcomes for caregivers. This study of 259 families assessed the relative importance, individually and in combination, of various clusters ofcaregiver,...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1999-01, Vol.69 (1), p.100-109
Main Authors: McDonald, Thomas P, Poertner, John, Pierpont, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Adult
Adult Attitudes
Behavior Disorders
Biological and medical sciences
Caregiver Burden
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Carers
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - classification
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Child, Preschool
Children
Coping Behavior
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ecology
Emotionally Disturbed
Emotionally disturbed children
Emotions
Families
Family
Family Characteristics
Family environment. Family history
Family Health
Family Life
Forecasting
Health Surveys
Home Environment
Human
Humans
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Mental stress
Models, Psychological
Multivariate Analysis
Parent-Child Relations
Parenthood
Parents - psychology
Predictions
Predictors
Psychiatry
Psychological Stress
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regression Analysis
Rural Health
Social Environment
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social Support
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
Urban Health
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Summary:The family caregiving process for children with severe emotional disorders is conceptualized from an ecological perspective and examined in light of outcomes for caregivers. This study of 259 families assessed the relative importance, individually and in combination, of various clusters ofcaregiver, child, family, and environmental characteristics and responses as predictors of caregiver stress. Findings raise questions about current practice and policy, and suggest directions for future research
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0080385