a Faculty of Psychology , Hiroshima International University , Hiroshima , Japan.
b Yokufukai Hospital , Tokyo , Japan.
Clin Gerontol. 2019 Jan-Feb;42(1):34-46. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2017.1368764. Epub 2017 Oct 9.
To examine the stress-buffering effect of coping strategies on the adverse effects of interrole conflict on the mental health of employed family caregivers, and clarify the moderating role of attentional control on this stress-buffering effect.
Data were drawn from a two-wave longitudinal online survey of employed Japanese family caregivers of people with dementia (263 males, 116 females; age 51.54 ± 9.07 years). We assessed interrole conflict, coping strategies, attentional control, mental health variables (psychological strain and quality of life), and confounding factors.
Hierarchical regression analyses controlled for sociodemographic factors found formal support seeking had a stress-buffering effect for strain- and behavior-based caregiving interfering with work (CIW) only on psychological strain, and was moderated by attentional control. Single slope analysis showed higher CIW was related to higher psychological strain in those with greater use of formal support seeking and lower attentional control, but not in those with higher attentional control.
Greater use of formal support seeking weakens the adverse effects of strain- and behavior-based CIW on psychological strain in people with high attentional control.
Attentional control is a key factor in the stress-buffering effect of formal support seeking on strain- and behavior-based CIW.
考察应对策略对角色冲突对有工作的家庭照顾者心理健康的负面影响的缓冲作用，并阐明注意控制对这种缓冲作用的调节作用。
数据来自对日本痴呆症患者有工作的家庭照顾者（男性 263 名，女性 116 名；年龄 51.54±9.07 岁）进行的两波纵向在线调查。我们评估了角色冲突、应对策略、注意控制、心理健康变量（心理压力和生活质量）以及混杂因素。
在控制了社会人口因素后，分层回归分析发现，正式支持寻求对工作与照顾角色冲突（CIW）的心理压力和行为压力只有在心理压力方面具有缓冲作用，并且受到注意控制的调节。单斜率分析显示，在注意控制较高的人群中，较高的 CIW 与较高的心理压力相关，而在注意控制较低的人群中则没有这种相关性。
更多地使用正式支持寻求会削弱基于压力和行为的 CIW 对注意控制较高人群的心理压力的不利影响。
注意控制是正式支持寻求对基于压力和行为的 CIW 的缓冲作用的关键因素。
