Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2004;42(6):73-88.
치매노인 부양주부의 가정자원이 부양스트레스에 미치는 영향
The Influences of Family Resources on Caregiving Stress for Dementia Elderly in Homemakers
장윤옥, 정서린
경북대학교 사범대학 가정교육과
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to explore the influences of family resources, i.e. objective resources, perceived adequacy of resources, locus of control, social support, family cohesion, and family adaptability on caregiving stress for dementia elderly in homemakers. The subjects of this study were 141 married women who had cared for dementia elderly. The survey method was a questionnaire. And the data was analyzed by means of Cronbach's, factor analysis, and multiple regression. The main findings were as follows： First, Homemakers' caregiving stress was positively correlated to their academic background and monthly income, but negatively correlated to perceived adequacy of human resources, perceived adequacy of material resource, psychical support resource from relatives, and internal locus of control. Second, caregiving stress of homemakers was affected by family cohesion, monthly income, psychical support resource from relatives, perceived adequacy of human resources, and external locus of control.
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