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ArticleThe Gerontologist2017

Well-being of Sibling Caregivers: Effects of Kinship Relationship and Race.

Eun Ha Namkung, Jan S Greenberg, Marsha R Mailick

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Article in The Gerontologist, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Kinship Structures for Left Behind Older Adults in High Outmigration Contexts: Evidence From Puerto Rico.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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  4. The impact of care-recipient relationship type on health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older adults with dementia and their informal caregivers.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  9. Conflict with Mothers and Siblings During Caregiving: Differential Costs for Black and White Adult Children.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2018
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  10. Family Relationships and Well-Being.Innovation in aging · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eun Ha NamkungSchool of Social Work.
Jan S GreenbergSchool of Social Work.
Marsha R MailickSchool of Social Work.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

U19 MIDlife in the United States-Diversity Supplement-WellsU19AG051426 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CAROL D. RYFF · 2016 to 2026
$74.8M
STATISTICS COREP01AG020166 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2002 to 2015
$50.6M
WISCONSIN CENTER ON MENTAL RETARDATION: CORE SUPPORTP30HD003352 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MESSING, ALBEE · 1985 to 2015
$25.2M
Statistical Data Enclave CoreP30AG017266 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Michal Engelman · 1999 to 2026
$17.0M
Longitudinal Perspectives on Race and Health in MIDUS: Insights from MilwaukeeR01AG047154 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RYFF, CAROL D. · 2015 to 2017
$1000k
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG020166NIA NIH HHS R01 AG047154NIA NIH HHS U19 AG051426NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD003352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of the Study: This study examined whether caregiving has a differential effect on the well-being of sibling caregivers relative to other caregiving groups and whether race moderates this effect. Design and Methods: Using the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, 631 family caregivers (including 61 sibling caregivers) and 4,944 noncaregivers were identified. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to estimate the effect of the caregiver-care recipient relationship and its interaction with race on caregivers' well-being (i.e., depressive symptoms, self-rated health, life satisfaction, and perceived control over life). Results: Caregivers in general reported poorer well-being than noncaregivers, but sibling caregivers were less affected by caregiving than parent or spouse caregivers. Among sibling caregivers, caregiving took a significantly greater toll on non-Hispanic White caregivers than those from minority groups with respect to depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. Implication: The findings suggest that the experience of sibling caregivers is significantly shaped by their cultural background.

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AdultAgedCaregiversEmotional AdjustmentFamily RelationsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRacial GroupsSiblingsUnited StatesCaregiving-informalCaregiving stressKinship relationshipRaceSibling caregivers

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PMID26884066
PMCPMC5881720
OpenAlexW2316251221

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