Pronoun Use during Patient-Caregiver Interactions: Associations with Caregiver Well-Being.


Journal

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
ISSN: 1421-9824
Titre abrégé: Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 9705200

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 31 12 2019
accepted: 22 04 2020
pubmed: 2 7 2020
medline: 21 7 2021
entrez: 2 7 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Caring for a spouse with dementia can be extremely challenging. Many caregivers experience profound declines in well-being; however, others remain healthy. This study determined whether the personal pronouns used in interactions between persons with dementia (PWDs) and their spousal caregivers were associated with caregiver well-being. Fifty-eight PWDs and their spousal caregivers engaged in a 10-min conversation about an area of disagreement in a laboratory setting. Verbatim transcripts of the conversation were coded using text analysis software, and caregivers and PWDs each received scores for (a) I-pronouns, (b) you-pronouns, and (c) we-pronouns. Caregivers' well-being was assessed using a composite measure of depression, anxiety, burden, and strain. Results revealed that less use of we-pronouns by caregivers and PWDs and greater use of I-pronouns by PWDs were -associated with lower caregiver well-being. These findings indicate that less use of pronouns that refer to the couple (we-pronouns used by either partner) and greater use of pronouns that refer to the PWD (I-pronouns used by the PWD) are indicative of caregivers at heightened risk for lower well-being.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32610328
pii: 000508095
doi: 10.1159/000508095
pmc: PMC7805608
mid: NIHMS1600600
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

202-209

Subventions

Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : P01 AG019724
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AG041762
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AG062639
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R56 AG041762
Pays : United States

Informations de copyright

© 2020 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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Auteurs

Dyan E Connelly (DE)

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.

Alice Verstaen (A)

VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Casey L Brown (CL)

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.

Sandy J Lwi (SJ)

VA Northern California Health Care System, Martinez, California, USA.

Robert W Levenson (RW)

Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, boblev@berkeley.edu.
Berkeley Psychophysiology Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, boblev@berkeley.edu.

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