Relationship between emotional elder abuse and developmental function of the family.
Monireh Amirmohammadi, Nasrin Nikpeyma, Reza Negarandeh and 2 others
PMID 36480172WHAT IT FOUND
Among 265 home-dwelling older adults in Tehran, 63.4% reported emotional elder abuse.
Lower family developmental function was associated with more abuse, including lower care regulation, human relations, communication, and idea sharing.
Key findings
01168 older adults (63.4%) were classified as having experienced emotional elder abuse.
02The authors report a significant negative correlation between total family developmental function and emotional elder abuse, with r = −.396 and p = .000 in the correlation table.
03Care and regulation, being attracted to human relations, mutual communication, and creating representatives and ideas showed significant negative correlations with emotional elder abuse, while solving social problems together, rational thinking, and discipline did not.
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What it does not show
The study was done in one area of Tehran with 265 home-dwelling older adults, so it may not apply to other populations. The design was cross-sectional, so it cannot show whether family function affects abuse or abuse affects family function. All measures were self-report, and participants may have been biased when reporting abuse. The emotional elder abuse scale was translated, but full psychometric analysis was not performed due to time constraints. The text and correlation table report different coefficients for the total association. The inclusion criteria excluded people with psychological problems, yet the demographic table reports participants with psychological disease.
Declared interests
The authors report no conflict of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving family developmental function will reduce emotional elder abuse. This was a cross-sectional association in older adults, not a test of treatment.