家族介護者における主観的安寧感尺度の信頼性と妥当性の検討

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A brief scale for measuring subjective well-being in family caregivers was developed and its reliability and validity was examined. Items for the scale were chosen from the scale of positive affect, life satisfaction index, and morale scale. Family caregivers who had mainly cared for elders with disabilities (N=171) filled out the subjective well-being index, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D), and the Disabilities of Elders (measuring cognitive impairments, decline of activities of daily living, and problem behaviors). Results suggested that the internal consistency of the subjective well-being index was sufficiently robust to warrant further study. Moreover, the significant relationship betweenthe disabilities of elders, the depression of caregivers and subjective well-being indicated well-being, suggest the validity of the new scale.