Being in control: a note on differences between caregiving and noncaregiving spouses.

From: The Journal of Psychology | Date: September 1, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

Twenty-seven spouse caregivers of dementia patients and 33 noncaregiving (healthy) spouses, aged 54 to 90, described a stressful situation with their spouses and completed measures of perceived control and subjective well-being. Both groups were similar in their perceived lack of control over the spouse's behavior but differed in how control influenced positive affect. Perceived control over the spouse was negatively related to positive affect for the healthy couples but for caregivers it was positively related.

PERCEIVED CONTROL OVER STRESSFUL SITUATIONS (Coppel, Burton, Becker, & Fiore, ...

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