Elucidating Attachment Theory in Intergenerational Caregiving Using Theoretical and Empirical Review

理論性與實證性回顧：依附理論在老年家庭照護之應用

李明德(Ming-Der Lee)

《醫護科技學刊》 8卷2期 (2006/04) Pp. 89-98

https://doi.org/10.6563/TJHS.2006.8(2).1

摘要

人口結構的老化使得家庭長期照護的需求殷切。許多研究均指出年老長者的照顧者往往在照顧過程出現許多身體、心理及社會方面的負向照護結果。現今，大多數的家庭照護研究均紛紛針對照顧者的負荷及壓力進行多項的探究，但對於深入瞭解照顧者在照顧過程中所呈現的照護差異及可能的影響因子卻仍嫌不足。近年來，部份家庭照護學者專家已開始應用依附理論探討家庭照護中的關係議題，並發現依附理論的論點可以深入解釋有關老年家庭照護的過程；因此，本文特針對目前依附理論在老年家庭照護的理論性及實證性研究進行整體性的回顧，以期能提供未來在進行家庭照護研究或實務應用上之參考。

關鍵字

依附理論 ； 代間家庭照護 ； 老人家庭照護

並列摘要

The growing elderly population has increased the importance of fulfilling caregiving roles among in adult children. As a group, caregivers of the elderly relatives face a high risk of general dysphoria and clinically significant anxiety and depression. Despite the large and growing body of data on caregiver burden or stress, significantly gaps exist in our understanding of the factors that contribute to individual differences in the negative caregiving experiences. Recent research suggests that the relationship variables significantly influence individual ability to tolerate the strain of caregiving, and the results of this study have been interpreted within the framework of attachment theory. Therefore, this article focuses on intergenerational caregiving from both theoretical and empirical applications of attachment concept. Notably, this article can provide health professionals and researchers a fuller understanding of the intergenerational caregiving.

並列關鍵字

Attachment theory ； intergenerational caregiving

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