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Positive aspects of caregiving — contributions of the REACH project to the development of new measures for Alzheimer's caregiving
Author(s)	Barbara J Tarlow, Stephen R Wisniewski, Steven H Belle
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 26, no 4, July 2004
Pages	pp 429-453
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Informal care ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
Annotation	A newly developed measure for the positive aspects of caregiving was developed and administered to 1,229 participants of the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH) project, a national US collaborative dementia caregivers' study. The measure's validity and reliability was evaluated using standard psychometric analyses. Factor analysis identified two components in this 9-item measure: Self-Affirmation and Outlook on Life. The Positive Aspects of Caregiving measure, tested with a large, diverse and well-characterised sample, shows promise as a valid and reliable instrument. With additional implementation and testing, the measure has the potential to substantially increase our understanding of basic caregiving research and the outcomes of intervention efforts. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040909222 A
Classmark	EA: P6: 4C: 7T
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