How caregiving affects development : psychological implications for child, adolescent, and adult caregivers / edited by Kim Shifren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shifren, Kim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental psychology.

Caregivers.

Psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology.

Caregivers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2009.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"As recent advances in medicine contribute to people living longer and living with chronic illness in the home, the role of the family caregiver is becoming more common. Furthermore, because of varying family structures and living situations, it is not always the parent or adult child who takes on the caregiver role. The traditional role of the adult caregiver increasingly falls on the shoulders of children, adolescents, and emerging adults. In cases where parents are unable to take care of their children, grandparents take on the role of adult caregiver for their grandchildren. A caregiving role at any point in life may affect a person's development and add stressors but also may create rewards that influence the caregiver's identity and well-being. How Caregiving Affects Development: Psychological Implications for Child, Adolescent, and Adult Caregivers examines these effects using a life span development framework. Each chapter presents theory and empirical research on caregiving during a different phase in the life span, including childhood; adolescence; emerging adulthood; and young, middle, and older adulthood. Within the context of the caregiver's life, the chapter authors examine how the role of caregiver affects development. Topics include the effects of early caregiving on well-being, school performance, filial responsibility, felt obligation, coping with stresses of multiple roles in middle adulthood, and intergenerational reciprocity. Challenges and rewards specific to each stage in life are examined, and some chapters also provide a comparison with the experiences of noncaregiving peers. This book offers a new and exciting look at often overlooked family caregivers and introduces a set of challenging questions that will guide future research in the field"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

A lifespan perspective on caregivers / by Kim Shifren

Children as caregivers to their ill parents with aids / by Laurie J. Bauman, Ellen Johnson Silver, Rebecca Berman, and Ivy Gamble

Adolescent caregivers / by Connie Siskowski

Emerging adulthood/young adulthood and caregiving / by Mary Dellmann-Jenkins and Maureen Blankemeyer

I owe it to them : understanding felt obligation towards parents in adulthood / by Catherine Stein

Women at mid-life : stress and rewards of balancing parent care with employment and other family roles / by Mary Ann Parris Stephens, Melissa M. Franks, Lynn M. Martire, Tina R. Norton, and Audie A. Atienza

The importance of context and the gains-loss dynamic for understanding grandparent caregivers / by Julie Hicks Patrick and Eric A. Goedereis

Afterword / Kim Shifren.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2009 dcunns

ISBN:

9781433803932

1433803933

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