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The study aims to explore how expressed emotion influences the strain and coping mechanisms among women caring for a parent with dementia.

Daughters of People with Dementia Expressed Emotion, Strain and Coping

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Randomized trial assesses expressed emotion impacts strain and coping strategies in dementia caregivers, suggesting critical insights for support.

The study aims to explore how expressed emotion influences the strain and coping mechanisms among women caring for a parent with dementia.
Participants included 25 women who were primary caregivers for a parent with dementia.
Caregivers were rated for expressed emotion and divided into low-EE and high-EE groups.
Follow-up evaluations assessed caregiving strain and coping strategies.
High-EE caregivers reported significantly greater strain and distress compared to low-EE caregivers.
Coping strategies were more effective in caregivers who made fewer critical comments.
High-EE subjects were more likely to have no living siblings and had respite breaks from caregiving.

Bledin et al. (1990) studied this question.

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Randomized trial assesses expressed emotion impacts strain and coping strategies in dementia caregivers, suggesting critical insights for support.