通过应对资源检查痴呆症护理地位对心理健康的间接影响
Fei Wang1, Kylie Meyer2, Elliane Irani2
1College of Social Work, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Research on aging
|May 14, 2025
概括
照顾痴呆症患者会影响心理健康,但弹性和感知到的收益可以帮助. 痴呆症护理人员表现出更高的性,导致更好的心理健康结果,强调了这些应对资源的重要性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 与照顾其他慢性疾病患者相比,痴呆症老年人的护理人员往往精神健康状况较差.
- 应对资源,特别是性和感知收益,被认为是对照护人的负面心理健康结果的潜在缓冲.
研究的目的:
- 调查痴呆症护理地位对心理健康结果的间接影响.
- 检查复原力和认知的收益在痴呆症护理和心理健康之间的关系中扮演的调解角色.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自2017年国家护理研究中的65岁及以上的医疗保险注册人员的2242名护理人员的数据.
- 通过应对资源,使用路径分析来评估护理地位对心理健康的直接和间接影响.
主要成果:
- 痴呆症护理与更高的恢复力水平有积极的关联.
- 发现,弹性与减少心理痛苦和增加心理幸福感间接相关.
- 感知到的收益与心理痛苦有负面的关联,与心理健康有积极的关联.
结论:
- 性作为一个重要的机制,解释了痴呆症和非痴呆症护理人员之间的不同心理健康结果.
- 感知到的收益在提高护理人员的心理福祉方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 干预措施应侧重于培养性,并帮助护理人员识别和欣赏从他们的护理经验中获得的收益.
相关概念视频
Coping Strategies: Emotion Focused
32
Emotion-focused coping refers to a set of strategies aimed at managing the emotional impact of stressors, rather than directly addressing their causes. This approach involves altering one's emotional response to stressful situations to reduce their psychological effects. For example, individuals might talk with a friend or engage in activities like journaling to express their feelings. Such actions can help achieve emotional clarity or release, providing the psychological stability needed...
32
Stress and Mental Health
62
Chronic stress profoundly affects mental health, significantly influencing mood, behavior, and overall quality of life. Research closely links chronic stress with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Ongoing exposure to stress can lead to physiological and psychological changes, initiating a cycle of emotional distress and maladaptive coping mechanisms.
Individuals with depression often experience challenges in both their personal and professional...
Individuals with depression often experience challenges in both their personal and professional...
62
Coping Strategies: Problem Focused
26
Coping strategies are methods people use to manage, tolerate, or reduce the effects of stressors. These strategies involve both behavioral and psychological actions to handle stressful situations. One common approach is problem-focused coping, which aims to change or eliminate the source of stress rather than merely addressing its consequences. This method involves taking direct action to resolve the issue causing stress.
For example, consider a student who struggles to understand their...
For example, consider a student who struggles to understand their...
26
Lazarus's Cognitive Appraisal Theory
94
Cognitive psychologist Richard Lazarus proposed the cognitive-mediational theory of emotions, which emphasizes how individuals' assessments of stressors significantly affect their experience of stress. According to Lazarus, the stress response is determined by a two-step appraisal process: primary appraisal and secondary appraisal. These cognitive appraisals help individuals evaluate the potential impact of a stressor and determine the adequacy of their coping resources.
Primary Appraisal:...
Primary Appraisal:...
94
Dementia
73
Dementia is a collective term for cognitive disorders primarily affecting memory, thinking, and reasoning. It is not a specific disease but a syndrome, with Alzheimer's disease being the most common cause, accounting for approximately 60-80% of cases. Other types include vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. Dementia affects millions worldwide, particularly older adults, though it is not a normal part of aging.
The progression of dementia is generally gradual....
The progression of dementia is generally gradual....
73
Factors Affecting Illness
4.0K
When a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social development or spiritual functioning is compromised, this deviation from a healthy normal state is called illness. Illness creates stress that in turn harms individuals. Irritation, anger, denial, hopelessness, and fear are behavioral and emotional changes an individual experiences in the phases of illness. A variety of factors influence a person's health and well-being.
For instance, risk factors are connected to illness,...
For instance, risk factors are connected to illness,...
4.0K


