ABSTRACT

As the population ages, siblings more frequently assume the role of filial caregiver. Siblings often avoid communication about caregiving, and this topic avoidance can be detrimental to well-being. Framed in the communication privacy management theory (CPM), the current study tests the associations between privacy rule criteria and siblings’ caregiving topic avoidance and the impact of topic avoidance on relationship satisfaction and depression. A sample of 415 caregivers, including 242 primary caregivers and 173 secondary caregivers, completed an online survey regarding their caregiving communication with a sibling. Topic avoidance about both parent well-being and sibling caregiving were positively associated with privacy rule criteria of parent health, liking, and risk-benefit ratio and negatively associated with trust. Parent well-being topic avoidance was associated positively with primary caregivers’ depression and negatively with relationship satisfaction for both primary and secondary caregivers. Sibling caregiving topic avoidance was associated positively with depression and negatively with relationship satisfaction for both primary and secondary caregivers.

摘要

随着人口的老龄化，兄弟姐妹越来越多地担当孝顺照顾者的角色。兄弟姐妹通常会避免与护理有关的沟通，而避免这种话题可能对幸福感有害。在通信隐私管理理论（CPM）的框架下，当前的研究测试了隐私规则标准与兄弟姐妹照料主题回避之间的关联，以及主题回避对关系满意度和沮丧感的影响。415位护理人员（包括242位主要护理人员和173位次要护理人员）的样本完成了有关其与同胞的照护沟通的在线调查。关于父母幸福和同胞照顾的话题回避与父母健康，喜好和风险收益比的隐私规则标准正相关，而与信任负相关。父母的幸福感回避与主要照顾者的抑郁情绪呈正相关，与主要和次要照顾者的关系满意度呈负相关。兄弟姐妹照料主题的回避与主要和次要照料者的抑郁症呈正相关，与关系满意度呈负相关。