Caring for someone with an acquired brain injury: The role of psychological flexibility
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Caring for someone with an acquired brain injury (ABI) is associated increased psychological distress and reduced satisfaction life. Caregiver negative appraisals predict these poor outcomes, social support adaptive coping buffer effects. Psychological flexibility beneficial in dementia caregiving but has not been studied ABI never comparison to known predictors of caregiver distress. This study examined predicting depression, anxiety life caregiving. A cross sectional online survey gathered responses 145 caregivers, recruited through media, charities National Health Services. Standardised measures disability, appraisals, support, coping, flexibility, were analysed correlation, regression conditional process analysis. Correlations theoretically specified directions, analysis showed that was the strongest predictor depression (β = −0.37, p < .001) −0.38, .001), whilst −0.34, .001). Furthermore, mediated relation between care-recipients’ disability outcomes. moderated this effect on problem-focused satisfaction. These constructs could be potential targets interventions, such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy or traditional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. plays important role adds our understanding specific context • predicts amongst caregivers. Appraisals mediate link care-recipient outcome. buffers indirect depression. Interventions foster may beneficial.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of contextual behavioral science
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2212-1447', '2212-1455']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.01.005