Moderators of the stress effects on caregiver's self-perceived health

Authors

  • Ana Paula Fabrino Bretas Cupertino
  • Carolyn M. Aldwin
  • Beatriz Helena Domingos Oliveira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v10i1.5789

Keywords:

caregiving, stress, perceived-health

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine whether perceived benefits of caregiving and religiosity could mediate the relationship between caregiver stress and emotional strain on self-perceived health. The sample consisted of 345 caregivers between 64 and 88 years old (M= 42,4; SD= 5,2), from the Caregiver’s Health Effect Study, one of the Cardiovascular Health Study components. Path analysis method identified that, as expected, stress of environmental demand had an indirect impact on selfperceived health. Religiosity and stress of environmental demands were mediated by perceived benefits in caregiving, further reducing emotional strain which had a direct impact on self-perception health. In the low socioeconomic status group, specifically, had been found direct effect of religiosity on self-perceived health. Thus, the results suggest that an important scope of intervention with caregivers it would be the perceived benefits in caregiving activities, due to its protective function in the physical and emotional health.

Keywords: caregiving; stress; perceived-health.

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Cupertino, A. P. F. B., Aldwin, C. M., & Oliveira, B. H. D. (2006). Moderators of the stress effects on caregiver’s self-perceived health. Interação Em Psicologia, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v10i1.5789

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2006)

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