Stress process and self-rated health among adult children caregivers to older adults in Shanghai, China

Theme: That Makes A Difference: Advancing Practice and Shaping Public PolicyPoster Presentations - Aging Services and Gerontology (A&G): Care giving for the Elderly: 17PBACKGROUND: Numerous studies have shown that family caregivers experience unpleasant tasks and concomitant stressors, and therefore encounter adverse outcomes physically and mentally. The research on stress process and health outcomes among caregivers to older adults in China is very limited, both in terms of theoretical reasoning and sampling method. On the other hand, the stress process model has been tested intensively in western contexts. Whether the knowledge developed in western countries could apply ...link_to_OA_fulltextThe 16th Annual Conference Research of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR 2012), Washington, D.C., 11-15 January 2012