Patterns of coping among family caregivers of frail older adults
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Past studies have extensively examined factors associated with coping strategies that caregivers use to ameliorate distress or solve problems. While these studies have found that stressors and individual resources influence choices of coping strategies, they have tended to overlook caregivers’ social resources and have rarely considered the possibility that distinct groups of caregivers may use different sets of coping strategies. We conducted latent-class analyses to identify distinct groups of caregivers: those using no particular patterns of coping (unpatterned-coping), those centering on ameliorating distress (emotional-coping), and those focusing on both ameliorating distress and solving problems (hybrid-coping). Stressors distinguished all three coping groups, individual resources differentiated the hybrid-coping group from the emotional-coping group and the unpatterned-coping group, and social resources separated the emotional-coping group and the hybrid-coping group from the unpatterned-coping group. These findings indicate different factors contributing to caregivers’ use of different coping styles and suggest ways to better help caregivers.
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Caregivers' coping abilities are influenced by demographic characteristics, relationships with care recipients, health conditions, caregiving history, and social support.
“with their coping abilities influenced by demographic characteristics, relationships with care recipients, health conditions, caregiving history, and social support [14].”
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A study involving caregivers of dependent older adults reported a significant positive association between increased perceived social support from family and relatives and the likelihood of using emotion-focused coping strategies.
“a study involving caregivers of dependent older adults reported a significant positive association between increased perceived social support from family and relatives and the likelihood of using emotion-focused coping strategies [14].”
From Coping strategies among family caregivers of community-dwelling older adults in Lebanon amid the economic crisis (2026) · cites this paper as [14]
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- Authors
- Lin, I.-F., & Wu, H.-S.
- Affiliations
- Bowling Green State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lin, I-Fen
- ORCID
- Lin, I-Fen
- Venue
- Research on Aging
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-12-11
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 603-624
- ISSN
- 0164-0275 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7573
- PMC
- PMC4318268
- OpenAlex
- W2169110702
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 3.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Research on Aging (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R24HD050959)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- family caregivers, coping strategies, frail elderly, caregiver stress, social resources, personal resources, latent class analysis, emotional coping, problem-focused coping
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Attitude to Health, Family Relations, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Social Support, United States, Frail Elderly, Caregivers, Young Adult
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