Objective To explore the sociocultural beliefs on caregiver for the elderly in Chinese rural community, and to compare the cultural beliefs between spouse and children caregivers. Methods 199 caregivers of the elderly aged over 60 years were recruited and administered with the cultural justification for caregiving scale (CJCS) , including 79 spouse caregivers and 99 children caregivers. Results Three components of sociocultural beliefs were derived, including duty and modeling for children, filial obligation and reciprocity, and cultural values grounded in religion or spirituality. No significant differences of sociocultural beliefs of caregiving were noted between spouses and children. The level of schooling education was correlated with the component of duty and modeling for children. Conclusions Spouses and children hold similar sociocultural beliefs of caregiving for the elderly in Chinese rural area. Level of education is related to the beliefs of duty and modeling for children.%目的 探讨农村地区老年人照料者的社会文化理念特征,比较配偶与子女照料者的社会文化理念.方法 采用照料文化理由量表对199位60岁以上老人的长期照料者进行评估,包括79位配偶照料者和99位子女照料者.结果 配偶与子女照料老人的社会文化理念包括义务与榜样作用、家庭责任与互惠、宗教与精神信仰三个维度,配偶和子女照料者在照料老人过程中所持有的社会文化理念无显著差异.回归分析表明,受教育程度与义务与榜样作用因子评分密切相关.结论 我国农村地区家庭在老人照料中配偶与子女秉承相似的社会文化理念,受教育程度与义务与榜样作用的文化理念有关.
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