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The impact of psychiatric disorders on caregivers: An integrative predictive model of burden, stigma, and well‐being
Author(s) -
Radu Mădălina,
Ciucă Andrada,
Crișan CătălinaAngela,
Pintea Sebastian,
Predescu Elena,
Șipos Roxana,
Moldovan Ramona,
Băban Adriana
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/ppc.13071
Subject(s) - psychosocial , stigma (botany) , psychiatry , psychological intervention , clinical psychology , caregiver burden , medicine , expressed emotion , perception , psychology , disease , dementia , pathology , neuroscience
Purpose The study investigates the predictors of caregivers' experienced burden, stigma, and well‐being, when looking after family members diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. Design and Methods This cross‐sectional study included 168 caregivers; perceived burden, stigma, well‐being, knowledge, illness perception, and medical variables were assessed. Findings A number of correlates of burden, stigma, and well‐being have been identified and are being discussed. The integrative predictive model showed that the caregiver's emotional representation of illness best predicts burden ( β = 0.38, p < 0.001), stigma ( β = 0.53, p < 0.001) and well‐being ( β = −0.36, p < 0.001). Practice Implications Our results can enable health professionals to tailor psychosocial interventions addressed to family members of individuals living with a psychiatric condition.