Health, Stress and Coping among Women Caregivers

A Review

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4226702
AutoresChristina Lee (0000-0003-3138-9867, University of Newcastle Australia)
Ano1999
Volume4
Fascículo1
Páginas27-40
Data de publicação1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135910539900400104
PMID22021431
OpenAlexW2074119791
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas90

Informal family-based care of dependent adults places a significant burden on caregivers. The impact of caregiving on subjective wellbeing, preventive behaviours, lifestyle and employment is well documented, and there is good evidence for increases in risk factors for serious illness, although evidence on actual incidence of major illness varies between studies. The individual-based focus of much research on this topic has tended to obscure the social and cultural forces underlying the fact that the majority of family caregivers are women, and to ignore the gender inequities which are perpetuated by an assumption that family caregiving is naturally the work of women. This article reviews evidence on the burden of caregiving, and argues for psychological research which addresses issues of public policy rather than the individual woman and her personal ability to cope

Coping (psychology · Public health · Health disparities and outcomes · Health, psychology, and well-being · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Gerontology