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Pronoun Use among Caregivers of People Living with Dementia: Associations with Dementia Severity Using Text Analysis of a Natural Language Sample.

Alissa Bernstein Sideman, Jenna L Wells, Jennifer Merrilees, Suzanne M Shdo, Claire I Yee, Katherine L Possin, Robert W Levenson

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  1. Caregivers' positive emotional language predicts their depression trajectories after dementia caregiving ends.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026
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Alissa Bernstein SidemanPhilip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Jenna L WellsDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
Jennifer MerrileesDepartment of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Suzanne M ShdoDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
Claire I YeeDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
Katherine L PossinGlobal Brain Health Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Robert W LevensonDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.

Funding

The Care Ecosystem: Navigating patients and caregivers through stages of dementia careR01AG056715 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI POSSIN, KATHERINE LAUREL · 2017 to 2021
$6.0M
Predicting Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Dementia CaregiversR01AG062639 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Casey Leigh Brown, Robert Wayne Levenson · 2019 to 2026
$4.8M
Developing and Evaluating In-Home Supportive Technology for Dementia CaregiversR44AG059458 · NIA · PEOPLE POWER COMPANY · PI WANG, GENE · 2018 to 2020
$4.7M
Commercializing In-Home Supportive Technolgy for Dementia CaregiversSB1AG059458 · NIA · PEOPLE POWER COMPANY · PI WANG, GENE · 2021 to 2022
$3.2M
Mapping the Dynamics of Caregiver Burden in Alzheimer's DiseaseK01AG059840 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI SIDEMAN, ALISSA BERNSTEIN · 2020 to 2024
$652k
When dementia caregiving ends: The role of patient-caregiver social connection in caregivers' health and well-beingF31AG072891 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI WELLS, JENNA L · 2021 to 2022
$93k
NIA NIH HHS F31 AG072891NIA NIH HHS K01 AG059840NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056715NIA NIH HHS R01 AG062639NIA NIH HHS R44 AG059458NIA NIH HHS SB1 AG059458
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Abstract

Introduction: Family caregivers of persons living with dementia (PLWDs) have extensive social, physical, emotional, and financial responsibilities. However, less is known about the relationship and interpersonal connection between caregivers and PLWDs. We examined caregiver pronoun use, as an index of the connection between the caregiver and PLWD and its associations with the caregiver's and PLWD's health and well-being. Methods: Caregivers of PLWDs ( Results: Caregivers used less we-pronouns when the PLWD's dementia was more severe, at both timepoints. Spousal caregivers used more we-pronouns and less I- and they-pronouns than nonspousal caregivers. There was an interaction between spousal relationship and dementia severity, such that spousal caregivers exhibited a stronger negative association between dementia severity and we-pronoun use. There were no associations between pronoun category and caregiver burden or depression. Discussion: Caregivers may feel increasingly disconnected from the PLWD as their dementia becomes more severe, as reflected by less we-pronoun usage. This study highlights the opportunity to explore relationship connection through text analysis.

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