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OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to clarify causal relations between coping strategies and burnout in family caregivers of frail elders in Japan. METHODS:Baseline and 1-year follow-up interviews were conducted with 546 caregivers living in suburban Tokyo. Using newly refined measures, five coping strategies of caregivers (Keeping Their Own Pace, Positive Acceptance of Caregiving Role, Diversion, Informal Support Seeking, and Formal Support Seeking), and caregiver burnout were measured, as well as several confounding factors. RESULTS:After controlling for these confounding factors, results of cross-lagged effects modelling showed that adoption of a Diversion coping strategy decreased caregiver burnout, while increases in burnout decreased caregiver Positive Acceptance of Caregiving Role. CONCLUSIONS:The beneficial effect of an Adaptive Avoidance Coping strategy, Diversion, on caregiver mental health was confirmed in this two-wave longitudinal study. The mechanism by which Diversion appears to work is by containing caregiving stressors from completely spilling over into caregivers' personal lives. In addition, we also show that preventing a decline in caregiver mental health (i.e. an increase in burnout) allowed caregivers to more easily embrace the caregiving role and, as a result, elder care-recipients were better positioned to receive high quality care.
journal_name
Aging Ment Healthjournal_title
Aging & mental healthauthors
Okabayashi H,Sugisawa H,Takanashi K,Nakatani Y,Sugihara Y,Hougham GWdoi
10.1080/13607860802224318subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-07-01 00:00:00pages
434-43issue
4eissn
1360-7863issn
1364-6915pii
902432846journal_volume
12pub_type
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860903167820
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
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doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1503998
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1506742
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
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doi:10.1080/13607860902845582
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.805398
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
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更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.765830
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
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doi:10.1080/13607860500193138
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2014.1003286
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607863.2017.1358354
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860802343209
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Aging & mental health
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/13607860020020618
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
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