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A Path Analysis on Elder Abuse by Family Caregivers: Applying the ABCX Model

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The purpose of this study was to investigate Hill’s ABCX model as an explanation for the caregiving stress process to elder abuse. However, due to ethical concerns on elder abuse studies, caregivers’ impulsive feelings to commit elder abuse were employed as an index to address elder abuse. The sample included 279 family caregivers for older adults with physical or cognitive impairments in South Korea. A path analysis was conducted to test the ABCX model. The results of path analysis did not statistically support the ABCX model as an explanation for caregivers’ impulsive feelings to commit elder abuse. Based on the findings of this study, the revised ABCX model was suggested for practitioners and researchers to better understand caregiving stress process to impulses of elder abuse.

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Lee, M. A Path Analysis on Elder Abuse by Family Caregivers: Applying the ABCX Model. J Fam Viol 24, 1–9 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-008-9192-5

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