The impact of caregiving on the marital need satisfaction of older wives with dependent husbands
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Audrey Mona McCrory (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Vira R. Kivett
Abstract: This study investigated the influence of caregiving on the marital need satisfaction (MNS) of older women who were caring for their dependent functionally impaired husbands at home. Comparisons were made with the MNS scores of a group of home-based caregivers and women whose husbands were institutionalized. The influence of the husbands' functional impairment, the wives' caregiving involvement, and the wives' social support on the MNS of only the caregiving women were also investigated. Drawing upon role theory and humanistic psychology theory, it was hypothesized that caregivers' MNS scores would be significantly lower than those of noncaregivers while certain social and physical characteristics of the women and their husbands were controlled. Three additional hypotheses stated that functional impairment, caregiving involvement, and social support would be significantly related to the caregivers' MNS scores when social and physical variables were again controlled.
The impact of caregiving on the marital need satisfaction of older wives with dependent husbands
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1984
- Subjects
- Older people $x Home care
- Older people $x Family relationships
- Husband and wife