Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients
Previous research shows considerable variability in the impact of caring on family caregivers of mental illness but the multidimensional experience of caring remains unexplained. The study aimed to identify family experiences of caring in a developing country. There were 154 family caregivers recrui...
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| author | Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi Subhi, Nasrudin Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Wan Jaafar, Wan Azreena Chong, Sheau Tsuey Ibrahim, Fauziah Mohamad, Lukman @ Zawawi Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda Nen, Salina Mohd Hoesni, Suzana Alavi, Khadijah |
| author_facet | Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi Subhi, Nasrudin Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Wan Jaafar, Wan Azreena Chong, Sheau Tsuey Ibrahim, Fauziah Mohamad, Lukman @ Zawawi Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda Nen, Salina Mohd Hoesni, Suzana Alavi, Khadijah |
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| description | Previous research shows considerable variability in the impact of caring on family caregivers of mental illness but the multidimensional experience of caring remains unexplained. The study aimed to identify family experiences of caring in a developing country. There were 154 family caregivers recruited for the survey. In addition, twenty-four respondents participated in semi-structured interviews about their personal caring experiences. This study found that majority of caregivers was women and aged less than 60 years. More than half of the participants were found to be psychologically distressed. Consistent with the stress-coping model, only caregivers' negative appraisal was a strong predictor of psychological distress and accounted for a substantial proportion of its variance. Positive appraisal, ethnicity and residential area did not predict psychological distress. Interview findings related to the coping styles and social supports of the family caregivers. The implications for mental health services are that many of the caregivers need help in their own right. Not only the person with mental illness who should be targeted for evaluation but the differences in caregivers' appraisal on their caring role taken into consideration. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-445632020-08-04T02:27:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44563/ Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi Subhi, Nasrudin Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Wan Jaafar, Wan Azreena Chong, Sheau Tsuey Ibrahim, Fauziah Mohamad, Lukman @ Zawawi Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda Nen, Salina Mohd Hoesni, Suzana Alavi, Khadijah Previous research shows considerable variability in the impact of caring on family caregivers of mental illness but the multidimensional experience of caring remains unexplained. The study aimed to identify family experiences of caring in a developing country. There were 154 family caregivers recruited for the survey. In addition, twenty-four respondents participated in semi-structured interviews about their personal caring experiences. This study found that majority of caregivers was women and aged less than 60 years. More than half of the participants were found to be psychologically distressed. Consistent with the stress-coping model, only caregivers' negative appraisal was a strong predictor of psychological distress and accounted for a substantial proportion of its variance. Positive appraisal, ethnicity and residential area did not predict psychological distress. Interview findings related to the coping styles and social supports of the family caregivers. The implications for mental health services are that many of the caregivers need help in their own right. Not only the person with mental illness who should be targeted for evaluation but the differences in caregivers' appraisal on their caring role taken into consideration. IDOSI Publications 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44563/1/Psychological%20outcomes%20of%20family%20caregivers%20of%20mental%20illness%20patients.pdf Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi and Subhi, Nasrudin and Jusoff, Kamaruzaman and Wan Jaafar, Wan Azreena and Chong, Sheau Tsuey and Ibrahim, Fauziah and Mohamad, Lukman @ Zawawi and Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda and Nen, Salina and Mohd Hoesni, Suzana and Alavi, Khadijah (2011) Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients. World Applied Sciences Journal, 12. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1818-4952; ESSN: 1991-6426 https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj12(SPSHD)2011.htm |
| spellingShingle | Mohamad, Mohd Suhaimi Subhi, Nasrudin Jusoff, Kamaruzaman Wan Jaafar, Wan Azreena Chong, Sheau Tsuey Ibrahim, Fauziah Mohamad, Lukman @ Zawawi Sarnon @ Kusenin, Norulhuda Nen, Salina Mohd Hoesni, Suzana Alavi, Khadijah Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients |
| title | Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients |
| title_full | Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients |
| title_fullStr | Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients |
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| title_short | Psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients |
| title_sort | psychological outcomes of family caregivers of mental illness patients |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44563/1/Psychological%20outcomes%20of%20family%20caregivers%20of%20mental%20illness%20patients.pdf |
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