Neuroticism, coping strategies, and negative well-being among caregivers. |
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Authors: | J H Patrick J M Hayden |
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Affiliation: | Myers Research Institute, Menorah Park Center for the Aging, Beachwood, Ohio, USA. Jpatric2@wvu.edu |
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Abstract: | Neuroticism was incorporated into a model for predicting the well-being of family caregivers. Using data from 596 women with an adult child with a chronic disability, the model hypothesizes direct effects of neuroticism on a caregiver's perceptions of the stressor, on her wishful-escapism and problem-focused coping, and on psychological well-being. Results indicate that neuroticism exerts direct and indirect effects on negative well-being. Results also indicate that stressors have direct effects on both wishful-escapism coping and problem-focused coping. Burden had direct effects on negative psychological well-being. Diagnosis influences the model by having direct effects on stressors and wishful-escapism coping but not on problem-focused coping or burden. Inclusion of individual level variables, such as neuroticism, results in a substantial amount of explained variance in negative well-being. |
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