Centre for Research in Human Development, Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 May;100(5):934-46. doi: 10.1037/a0022873.
This study examined the associations between goal adjustment capacities, coping, and indicators of subjective well-being in 2 waves of data from individuals who provide care for a family member with mental illness. We hypothesized that goal adjustment capacities would predict higher levels of subjective well-being by facilitating coping with caregiving stress. Results showed that goal disengagement was associated with effective care-specific coping (e.g., less self-blame and substance use). Goal reengagement was also associated with effective care-specific coping (e.g., positive reframing), but at the same time it predicted the use of less effective strategies (e.g., venting and self-distraction). Moreover, goal disengagement predicted lower levels of caregiver burden and depressive symptoms and buffered the longitudinal effect of caregiver burden on increases in depressive symptoms. Goal reengagement, by contrast, predicted higher levels of caregiver burden and purpose in life and buffered the cross-sectional association between caregiver burden and depressive symptoms. Finally, effective (and less useful) care-specific coping statistically explained the adaptive (and maladaptive) effects of goal adjustment capacities on participants' well-being.
本研究在 2 波数据中考察了目标调整能力、应对方式与照顾者主观幸福感之间的关系，这些数据来自照顾精神疾病患者的家庭成员的个体。我们假设，目标调整能力通过促进应对照顾压力，从而预测更高水平的主观幸福感。结果表明，目标脱离与有效的特定于照顾的应对方式有关（例如，自责和物质使用减少）。目标再投入也与有效的特定于照顾的应对方式有关（例如，积极的重新构建），但同时它也预示着使用不太有效的策略（例如，发泄和自我分心）。此外，目标脱离预测了照顾者负担和抑郁症状的较低水平，并缓冲了照顾者负担对抑郁症状增加的纵向影响。相比之下，目标再投入预测了更高的照顾者负担和生活目标感，并缓冲了照顾者负担与抑郁症状之间的横断面关联。最后，有效的（和不太有用的）特定于照顾的应对方式从统计学上解释了目标调整能力对参与者幸福感的适应性（和不适应性）影响。
