SPILLOVER BETWEEN DAUGHTERS ROLES AS CAREGIVER AND WIFE - INTERFERENCE OR ENHANCEMENT

This research examined how the roles of caregiver and wife affect one another, both positively and negatively, and how buch ''spillover'' ef fects are related to caregivers' well-being. Spillover was assessed bo th from the perspective of 125 adult daughter caregivers and their hus bands. Husbands reported less negative spillover and more positive spi llover from the caregiver role to the wife role than did caregivers. C aregivers reported less positive spillover and more negative spillover from their parent-care role to their wife role than in the opposite d irection (wife role to caregiver role). After controlling for caregive rs' dispositional optimism, positive and negative spillover were relat ed to several aspects of caregivers' well-being (depression, positive affect, and marital satisfaction), bat Rot to physical health. Finding s extend research on number and types of women's roles by suggesting t hat caregivers' well-being also is influenced by the ways their roles interfere with or enhance each other.