Table 2.
Associations Between Perceptions of Purpose in Life Among Care Partners and Caregivers’ Reported Caregiving Gains
| Caregivers’ caregiving gains | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Predictor | B | SE | β | 95% CI | ΔR2 |
| Step 1 | |||||
| Intercept | 3.66*** | .07 | — | 3.52, 3.80 | .10 |
| CG gender (female) | −0.14 | .09 | −.17 | −0.31, 0.03 | |
| CG age in years | −0.002 | .002 | −.09 | −0.01, 0.003 | |
| CG educational attainment | −0.03 | .02 | −.13 | −0.07, 0.02 | |
| CG relationship to PWD (spouse) | 0.13 | .12 | .16 | −0.11, 0.37 | |
| CG chronic health conditions | −0.02 | .03 | −.05 | −0.08, 0.05 | |
| CG ADL/IADL assistance | −0.004 | .01 | −.03 | −0.03, 0.02 | |
| CG medical care activities | 0.03** | .01 | .24 | 0.01, 0.05 | |
| CG role overload | −0.07 | .06 | −.11 | −0.19, 0.05 | |
| CG negative caregiving RQ | −0.03 | .05 | −.05 | −0.13, 0.07 | |
| PWD chronic health conditions | −0.01 | .03 | −.03 | −0.07, 0.05 | |
| Step 2 | .04 | ||||
| CG purpose in life | 0.09** | .03 | .14 | 0.02, 0.15 | |
| PWD purpose in life | 0.09 | .05 | .14 | −0.02, 0.20 | |
| Step 3 | .04 | ||||
| CG purpose in life × CG gender | 0.07 | .09 | .07 | −0.11, 0.25 | |
| PWD purpose in life × CG gender | 0.23** | .09 | .30 | 0.06, 0.41 | |
| Total R2 | .18 | ||||
Note: N = 153 family caregivers. Estimates are presented from each step of the model. ADL/IADL = activities of daily living and independent activities of daily living; CG = caregiver; CI = confidence interval; PWD = person with dementia; RQ = relationship quality.
**p ≤ .01. *** p ≤ .001.