Iacob Claudia I, Folostina Ruxandra, Avram Eugen
Department of Applied Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Department of Special Education, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.
Int J Dev Disabil. 2022 Jul 14;70(3):425-434. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2022.2092934. eCollection 2024.
Long-term care of a relative with a disability is associated with negative consequences on the caregiver's mental health. Therefore, investigating how some personality traits, such as resilience, protect caregivers with dysfunctional personality traits from caregiving stress is necessary. This study examines the moderating role of resilience in the relationship between caregiver's personality dysfunction and care stress.
A total of 224 family caregivers of children and adults with developmental disabilities participated in this cross-sectional research. They completed self-report measures of resilience, personality dysfunction, and care stress.
The results show that medium and high levels of resilience protect familial caregivers from the adverse effects of personality dysfunction on stress. The relationship is maintained for three of the five dysfunctional personality traits (antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism).
From a theoretical point of view, the results show the contribution of the dimensional personality model to the study of caregiving stress. From a practical standpoint, the results can be used to optimise the resilience of familial caregivers, providing them with tools to take better care of their relatives.
长期照料残疾亲属会对照料者的心理健康产生负面影响。因此,有必要研究一些人格特质,如心理韧性,如何保护具有功能失调人格特质的照料者免受照料压力的影响。本研究考察了心理韧性在照料者人格功能障碍与照料压力关系中的调节作用。
共有224名发育障碍儿童和成人的家庭照料者参与了这项横断面研究。他们完成了关于心理韧性、人格功能障碍和照料压力的自我报告测量。
结果表明,中等和高水平的心理韧性可保护家庭照料者免受人格功能障碍对压力的不利影响。在五种功能失调的人格特质(敌对性、去抑制性和精神质)中的三种特质上,这种关系得以维持。
从理论角度来看,结果显示了维度人格模型在照料压力研究中的作用。从实践角度来看,结果可用于优化家庭照料者的心理韧性,为他们提供更好照料亲属的工具。