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Benefit finding through caring: the cancer caregiver experience
1School of Psychology, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK. t.cassidy@ulster.ac.uk
Psychology & Health
|August 30, 2012
Summary
Cancer carers can find benefits, but interventions must consider the care recipient and timeline. Understanding the stress-coping model helps identify differences in outcomes for caregivers.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Oncology
- Caregiver Support
Background:
- Cancer caregiving significantly impacts individuals' psychological well-being.
- Benefit finding is a crucial coping mechanism for cancer carers.
- Understanding factors influencing benefit finding is essential for targeted support.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore benefit finding in cancer carers.
- To examine the relationship between benefit finding and burden of care, perceived stress, optimism, resilience, self-efficacy, perceived support, and psychological distress.
- To investigate the influence of timeline and care recipient on benefit finding.
Main Methods:
- A cohort sequential survey design was employed.
- 842 female cancer carers (caring for spouse, parent, or child) participated.
- A stress-coping model of benefit finding was proposed and tested.
Main Results:
- The stress-coping model supported global and multidimensional benefit finding.
- Significant differences in outcome measures were identified based on the care recipient and timeline.
- Variables like perceived stress, resilience, and support influenced benefit finding.
Conclusions:
- Benefit finding interventions show potential utility for cancer carers.
- A developmental approach is necessary, considering the carer-recipient relationship.
- Tailoring interventions to specific contexts (timeline, relationship) is recommended.
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