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The relationship between coping style and burden in the carers of reatives with schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Budd R. J.,
Oles G.,
Hughes I. C. T.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10088.x
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , psychology , distress , clinical psychology , emotional distress , psychiatry , anxiety
The development of a questionnaire to measure the coping style of people caring for a relative with schizophrenia is described. Data on the psychometric properties of this questionnaire are reported for a sample of 91 carers. It is shown that coping style is associated with carer burden and psychological distress. In particular, the coping styles ‘collusion’, ‘criticism/coercion’,‘overprotectiveness',‘emotional over‐involvement’ and‘resignation’ were found to be associated with higher levels of carer burden, and the coping style‘warmth’ was found to be associated with lower levels of carer burden.