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role engulfment: a standalone construct

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Gerontology

caregiving taking over a person's identity so other roles and parts of the self are lost.

In gerontology, role engulfment refers to caregiving taking over a person's identity so other roles and parts of the self are lost. This meaning comes from Skaff (1992) in The Gerontologist.[1]

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identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs person3 fields · 6 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs role4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

Skaff, M. M., & Pearlin, L. I. (1992). Caregiving: Role Engulfment and the Loss of Self. The Gerontologist, 32(5), 656-664. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/32.5.656

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