重度の精神障害を持つ個人の兄弟姉妹の対処と介護の経験
Carolina Reyes-González1, Mª Nieves Pérez-Marfil2, Isabel C Salazar2
1Independent Researcher, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 13, 2026
まとめ
深刻な精神障害 (SMD) を患っている親戚を介護している兄弟姉妹は,しばしば問題に焦点を当てた対処法を用います. しかし,感情に焦点を当てた適応不良の対処は,彼らの精神的健康,自尊心,そして介護経験に悪影響を及ぼします.
科学分野:
- 心理学 心理学とは
- メンタルヘルス メンタルヘルス
- 介護研究 介護研究
背景:
- 重度の精神障害 (SMD) の個人を非公式に介護することは,家族の重要な心理的苦痛と関連しています.
- SMDを患っている人の兄弟姉妹が採用する特定の対処メカニズムとその福祉への影響はよく理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 精神的健康,認知されたストレス,自尊心,およびSMDの患者を介護する兄弟姉妹の介護経験に関するさまざまな対処戦略の予測力を調査する.
- どの対処戦略が,これらの介護者のアウトカムを決定する上で最も影響力のあるかを特定する.
主な方法:
- SMDの患者の60人の兄弟姉妹を対象とした横断的な研究が行われました.
- 自己報告のアンケートでは,認知された健康,ストレス,自尊心,対処戦略,介護経験などを評価した.
- 変数間の関係を調べるために,複数の線形回帰分析を行った.
主要な成果:
- 兄弟姉妹は,感情に焦点を当てた対処戦略よりも,問題に焦点を当てた対処戦略を使用していると報告しました.
- 感情に焦点を当てた適応不良の対処 (EFMC) は,うつ病,不安,自尊心の低下を含む,より悪い精神的健康結果の有意な予測要因でした.
- また,EFMCは認知された健康と介護者の評価にも悪影響を及ぼし,問題に焦点を当てた戦略は限られた重要な関連を示した.
結論:
- 問題に焦点を当てた対処を好むにもかかわらず,SMDを有する個人の兄弟姉妹による感情に焦点を当てた適応不良の対処戦略の使用は有害です.
- EFMCは,精神的健康,自尊心,および兄弟姉妹の介護経験の全体性を著しく損なう.
- 介入は,この集団におけるEFMCの対処と修正を考慮する必要があります.
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