TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Cognitive attributions, depressive symptoms and hopelessness as predictors of perceived desirability of physician-assisted suicide in Alzheimer's caregivers
JO  - American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
A1  - Roscoe, L.A.
A1  - Cohen, D.
SP  - 165
EP  - 171
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
N2  - This study compared attitudes towards physicianassisted suicide in two groups of older persons, 57-caregivers of relatives with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 46-non-caregivers. A series of two-way ANOVAs by caregiver status and level of depressive symptoms compared hopelessness scores, attribution styles, and beliefs about physician-assisted suicide. Two attributional style scales were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Subjects who felt less in control of the stresses in their lives reported more depressive symptoms (F = 10.16, p =.002). Subjects who felt that the factors causing stress were unchangeable also reported significantly more depressive symptoms (F = 5.41, p =.022). Over twothirds of both groups believed assisted suicide was a rational decision in some circumstances, but 40 percent of caregivers and only 24 percent of non-caregivers believed physicians should assist patients in committing suicide. © 1999, Sage Publications. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1533-3175
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/153331759901400306
ID  - ref1
ER  -