Profiles of Dementia Caregivers according to Psychosocial and Resource Variables. Importance of Kinship.

IF 2.9 4区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY Spanish Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2024-05-21 DOI:10.1017/SJP.2024.15
Cristina Huertas-Domingo, Andrés Losada-Baltar, Laura Gallego-Alberto, Inés García-Batalloso, Laura García-García, María Márquez-González
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The present study aims to analyze the existence of different profiles in family caregivers of people with dementia according to psychosocial and resource variables. In addition, it aims to study whether there is a greater representation of each kinship group in each of the profiles and if there are differences in emotional distress among such profiles considering the kinship with the care-recipient. Participants were 288 family dementia caregivers, divided into four kinship groups (wives, husbands, sons and daughters). Psychosocial (familism, dysfunctional thoughts and experiential avoidance), resource (leisure activities and social support) and outcomes (depressive, anxious and guilt symptomatology) variables were collected. A hierarchical cluster analysis using Ward's method, an exploratory factor analysis of two fixed factors and contingency tables were performed. Five clusters were obtained: Low psychosocial vulnerability-High resources, Low psychosocial vulnerability-Low resources, Mixed, High psychosocial vulnerability-High resources, and High psychosocial vulnerability-Low resources. Results suggested that clusters associated with lower distress were the Low psychosocial vulnerability-High resources and the High psychosocial vulnerability-High resources. Clusters associated with higher distress were the Low psychosocial vulnerability-Low resources and Mixed. High levels of dysfunctional thoughts, familism and experiential avoidance do not always have a maladaptive function. This could depend on sociocultural and resource variables such as the kinship with the caregiver or perceived social support. The identification of profiles of family caregivers potentially needing protection and vulnerable to psychological distress could help to increase the effectiveness of interventions aimed at this population.

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根据社会心理和资源变量对痴呆症照护者进行特征分析。亲情的重要性
本研究旨在根据社会心理和资源变量分析痴呆症患者家庭照顾者的不同特征。此外,本研究还旨在研究在每种特征中,每个亲属群体是否都有更大的代表性,以及考虑到与护理对象的亲属关系,这些特征之间在情绪困扰方面是否存在差异。参与者为 288 名痴呆症家庭照护者,分为四个亲属关系组(妻子、丈夫、儿子和女儿)。研究收集了心理社会(家庭主义、功能失调想法和经验回避)、资源(休闲活动和社会支持)和结果(抑郁、焦虑和内疚症状)变量。采用沃德方法进行了分层聚类分析,并对两个固定因素和或然率表进行了探索性因素分析。得出了五个聚类:低社会心理脆弱性-高资源、低社会心理脆弱性-低资源、混合、高社会心理脆弱性-高资源和高社会心理脆弱性-低资源。结果表明,社会心理脆弱性低-资源丰富和社会心理脆弱性高-资源丰富这两个组群的困扰程度较低。与较高痛苦程度相关的群组是社会心理脆弱性低-资源少和混合群组。高水平的功能失调思想、家庭主义和经验回避并不总是具有适应不良的功能。这可能取决于社会文化和资源变量,如与照顾者的亲缘关系或感知到的社会支持。确定可能需要保护和易受心理困扰的家庭照顾者的特征,有助于提高针对这一人群的干预措施的有效性。
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Spanish Journal of Psychology
Spanish Journal of Psychology Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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期刊介绍: The Spanish Journal of Psychology is published with the aim of promoting the international dissemination of relevant empirical research and theoretical and methodological proposals in the various areas of specialization within psychology. The first Spanish journal with an international scope published entirely in English.
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