Critical comments mediate the association between carer distress and psychological symptoms in persons recently diagnosed with dementia. | Zendy

Roxanne Safavi | Zendy; Alison Wearden | Zendy; Katherine Berry | Zendy

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Critical comments mediate the association between carer distress and psychological symptoms in persons recently diagnosed with dementia.

Author(s) -

Roxanne Safavi,

Alison Wearden,

Katherine Berry

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

families systems and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491

H-Index - 47

eISSN - 1939-0602

pISSN - 1091-7527

DOI - 10.1037/fsh0000426

Subject(s) - dementia , psycinfo , distress , anxiety , psychology , psychological intervention , coping (psychology) , quality of life (healthcare) , clinical psychology , psychological distress , psychiatry , medicine , medline , psychotherapist , disease , pathology , political science , law

Carers of persons with dementia (PWD) experience high levels of burden and distress and may use criticism in an attempt to change the behavior of PWD and thereby reduce their distress. We hypothesized that carer distress and criticism would each have an impact on the psychological well-being of the PWD and examined whether criticism mediates the association between carer distress and PWD psychological well-being.

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