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Coping Successfully: Cognitive Strategies for Older Caregivers » (REVISED)

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Authors: Susan S. Tebb
ISBN-13: 9780815319986, ISBN-10: 0815319983
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 1995
Edition: REVISED

Author Biography: Susan S. Tebb

Book Synopsis

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	List of Tables
Ch. I	Issues of Concern	3
	Aging and Dementia	3
	Family Caregivers	5
	Caregivers Profile	5
	The Risks of Caregiving: An Overview	5
	Stressors of Caring: The Caregiving Burden	7
Ch. II	Literature Review	11
	Ascribing Meaning to Life's Circumstances	11
	A Life Circumstance: Adult Development	12
	Coping with Life's Stressful Circumstances: An Overview of Research	14
	Families Coping with Life's Circumstances	15
	Individuals Coping with Life's Circumstances	16
	Cognitive Adaptation to Threatening Events	18
	Coping with the Life Circumstance of Caregiving: Caregiving Studies with Focus on Family Systems	19
	Coping with the Life Circumstance of Being a Caregiver to a Person with a Dementia	24
	Purpose of this Study	39
Ch. III	Methodology	41
	Study Questions	42
	Subjects	45
	Data Collection and Method Selection	46
	Instruments	51
	Predictive Measures	52
	Criterion Measures	55
	Data Analysis	55
Ch. IV	Data Analysis	57
Pt. I	Are Group In and Group Out Equivalent?	58
	Caregiver Characteristics	58
	Care Receiver Characteristics	59
	Differences Between the Two Groups on Demographic Characteristics	60
	Differences Between Group In and Group Out on Mean Scores	62
	Summary of Descriptive Statistics Analyses	67
Pt. II	Comparison of Original Samples to VA Sample	68
	Correlational Analysis of Social Desirability	68
	Correlations between the Two Cognitive Coping Instruments	68
	Principle Components Analysis	71
	Comparison of Means of VA Sample and "Original" Samples on KIPP and Caregiver Stress Scale	82
	Summary of the Comparison of Original Samples to VA Sample	88
Pt. III	Relationship of Cognitive Coping and Well-Being	88
	Severity of Illness and Well-being	88
	Group Membership (Group In and Group Out) and Well-being	92
	Predicting Well-being By Cognitive Coping Strategies	94
	Summary of the Relationship Between Cognitive Coping Strategies and Well-being	98
Ch. V	Discussion and Practice Implications	101
	Overview of Findings	102
	Determination of Sample Composition	102
	Comparison of VA Sample to "Original" Samples	104
	Relationship of Cognitive Coping Strategies and Well-being	106
	Limitations	108
	Further Research Possibilities	110
	Implications for Intervention	111
	Appendix	115
	References	127
	Index	151