Perceived Caregiver Burden in India
- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Affilia
- Vol. 24 (1) , 69-79
Abstract
The study presented here explores the influences of selected social and social psychological factors that are associated with perceived caregiver burden in a sample of 263 primary caregivers of the elderly in Allahabad City in northern India. The results indicate that although male caregivers' perceived burden depends only on the size of the role overload, female caregivers' perceived burden depends on the interrelationship between the size of the role overload and adherence to Asian cultural norms. Implications of the findings for social work are discussed.Keywords
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