Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ360581
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Publication Date: 1987
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Gender and Control among Spouses of the Cognitively Impaired: A Research Note.
Miller, Baila
Gerontologist, v27 n4 p447-53 Aug 1987
Explored perceptions of caring for cognitively impaired spouses in 15 elderly spouses. Male and female caregiving spouses differed in how they perceived dimensions of control as reflected in interpretation of the disease process, assumption of authority, control over the environment, and use of social support. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Family Relationship, Older Adults, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Spouses, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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