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dc.contributor.authorA. Feeney, Judith
dc.contributor.authorHohaus, Lydia
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:32:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:32:39Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.issn13504126
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1475-6811.2001.tb00026.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3692
dc.description.abstractA community sample of 362 married couples participated in a study of attachment and spousal caregiving, which combined qualitative and quantitative components. The qualitative component focused on actual experiences of caregiving, assessed by participants' semi-structured accounts of a situation involving their role as caregiver for their spouse. Attachment styles and their underlying dimensions (comfort with closeness, anxiety over relationships) were related to the type of support provided, the coping strategies used in the situation, caregivers' feelings about the quality of their care, perceived effects on the couple bond, and the emotional tone of the accounts. The quantitative component tested a theoretical model of factors predicting willingness to provide care for the spouse if he or she should become dependent in later life. Measures of attachment and caregiving styles, attachment to spouse, and anticipated burden provided reliable prediction of willingness to care. The results support the conceptualization of attachment and caregiving as interrelated features of marital bonds, and they have important implications for patterns of family caregiving.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom21
dc.relation.ispartofpageto39
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPersonal Relationships
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and Media Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2001
dc.titleAttachment and spousal caregiving
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2015-05-13T03:18:02Z
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gro.griffith.authorHohaus, Lydia C.


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