Good Together Makes it Better? <subtitle>Psychological Distress, Relationship Quality, and Burnout in Informal Caregivers</subtitle>
Abstract: Introduction: Informal caregiving can lead to burnout. The relationship between burnout and negative states has been the subject of extensive research. This study analyzes the mediation role of a positive psychological variable – the quality of the carer-patient relationship – between psyc...
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| description | Abstract: Introduction: Informal caregiving can lead to burnout. The relationship between burnout and negative states has been the subject of extensive research. This study analyzes the mediation role of a positive psychological variable – the quality of the carer-patient relationship – between psychological distress and informal carers’ burnout. Methods: We recruited Portuguese informal carers of adult cancer patients online (N = 92) to answer the Quality of Carer-Patient Relationship Scale gauging relationship quality, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales assessing psychological distress, and the Maslach Burnout Interview-Human Services Survey evaluating the dimensions of burnout, depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and reduced personal accomplishment. The cross-sectional data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlations, multiple regressions, and simple mediation analysis. Results: Our results show that psychological distress variables directly affect burnout dimensions, and that relationship quality has a significant indirect effect on each burnout dimension, suggesting that relationship quality partially mediates the association between each distress dimension – depression, anxiety, and stress – and each of the burnout components – depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment. Discussion/Conclusion: This study underscores the importance of intervening in informal caregiver mental health and patient-caregiver relationships and encourages further investigation into the dynamics of the studied variables. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d8a39fc0c33a4c62a5d223dcad4938a52024-11-29T09:28:01ZengHogrefe Publishing GroupEuropean Journal of Psychology Open2673-86272024-11-0183311912910.1024/2673-8627/a000066Good Together Makes it Better? <subtitle>Psychological Distress, Relationship Quality, and Burnout in Informal Caregivers</subtitle>Carolina Blom0Ana Catarina Reis1Leonor Lencastre2CPUP – Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, PortugalServiço de Psicologia, Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, Porto, PortugalCPUP – Center for Psychology at the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto, PortugalAbstract: Introduction: Informal caregiving can lead to burnout. The relationship between burnout and negative states has been the subject of extensive research. This study analyzes the mediation role of a positive psychological variable – the quality of the carer-patient relationship – between psychological distress and informal carers’ burnout. Methods: We recruited Portuguese informal carers of adult cancer patients online (N = 92) to answer the Quality of Carer-Patient Relationship Scale gauging relationship quality, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales assessing psychological distress, and the Maslach Burnout Interview-Human Services Survey evaluating the dimensions of burnout, depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and reduced personal accomplishment. The cross-sectional data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlations, multiple regressions, and simple mediation analysis. Results: Our results show that psychological distress variables directly affect burnout dimensions, and that relationship quality has a significant indirect effect on each burnout dimension, suggesting that relationship quality partially mediates the association between each distress dimension – depression, anxiety, and stress – and each of the burnout components – depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and personal accomplishment. Discussion/Conclusion: This study underscores the importance of intervening in informal caregiver mental health and patient-caregiver relationships and encourages further investigation into the dynamics of the studied variables.https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/10.1024/2673-8627/a000066informal carercancerrelationship qualitydistressburnout |
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| title | Good Together Makes it Better? <subtitle>Psychological Distress, Relationship Quality, and Burnout in Informal Caregivers</subtitle> |
| title_full | Good Together Makes it Better? <subtitle>Psychological Distress, Relationship Quality, and Burnout in Informal Caregivers</subtitle> |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Good Together Makes it Better? <subtitle>Psychological Distress, Relationship Quality, and Burnout in Informal Caregivers</subtitle> |
| title_short | Good Together Makes it Better? <subtitle>Psychological Distress, Relationship Quality, and Burnout in Informal Caregivers</subtitle> |
| title_sort | good together makes it better subtitle psychological distress relationship quality and burnout in informal caregivers subtitle |
| topic | informal carer cancer relationship quality distress burnout |
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