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Cultural differences in caregiving motivations for demented parents — Korean caregivers versus American caregivers
Author(s)	Yoon-ro Lee, Kyu-taik Sung
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 44, no 2, 1997
Pages	pp 115-127
Keywords	Dementia ; Parents ; Single children [offspring] as carers ; Social pressures ; Family relationships ; Cross cultural surveys ; Korea ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study focuses on two sub-groups of adult children providing care for parents with dementia in the specific cross-cultural context for limited comparison. A number of the American caregivers - mostly daughters - had affectionate relationships with their parents, but expressed a relatively low degree of filial responsibility. In contrast, among Korean caregivers, daughters-in-law had the main responsibility for caregiving: they were less likely to have affectionate relationships with parents-in-law. However, Korean caregivers expressed a significantly higher level of filial responsibility than American caregivers. Some cultural differences between the two ethnic groups associated with parent care are discussed.
Accession Number	CPA-970731252 A
Classmark	EA: SR: P6:ST: TM7: DS:SJ: 3KA: 7DK: 7T
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