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This study focused on the negative affect of informal caregivers of older adults. In a novel investigation, the interplay of aging anxiety, caregiving burden, and resilience as a protective factor was examined, suggesting that aging anxiety and caregiving burden are mediators for the link between resilience and negative affect. In a cross-sectional design, 191 Israeli informal caregivers of older adults (65+) participated in the study. They completed questionnaires that assessed demographic and caregiving characteristics, resilience, aging anxiety, caregiving burden, and negative affect. The findings showed a serial mediation process in which higher resilience predicted lower caregiving burden, which subsequently predicted lower aging anxiety, which subsequently predicted lower negative affect. However, the indirect path from resilience to aging anxiety and negative affect was non-significant. Based on this study’s findings, the aging anxiety of informal caregivers of older adults should be professionally addressed in the early stages of caregiving because it contributes to the caregiving burden and negative affect. Additionally, resilience should be enhanced by psycho-social interventions tailored to address informal caregiver challenges that often induce caregiving burden and negative affect.

Informal caregivers’ negative affect: The interplay of caregivers’ resilience, aging anxiety and burden