Social Support for Family Caretakers of the Chronically Mentally Ill
Year: 2024
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The present study examined the relation between coping style, social support, family member symptom severity, and negative affect. Fifty-one caretakers of chronically mentally ill family members completed a demographic questionnaire, a general appraisal questionnaire, a family member symptom severity questionnaire, the Coping Strategy Indicator, the Social Support Questionnaire, and the Multiple Affect Anxiety Checklist. Caretakers with family members living at home were different than caretakers with family members living away from home (HOME) in several respects. Controlling for HOME, family member symptom severity was related to negative affect, coping strategies were related to negative affect and the Social Support Questionnaire scales, and the Social Support Questionnaire scales were related to negative affect.
DOI: 10.25777/2ctr-y350
Author: Bankes, Gina L.
Institution: Old Dominion University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6964915560
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