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- Title
Caregivers' Use of Personal and Social Resourcefulness: Differences by Care Recipient Condition.
- Authors
Zauszniewski, Jaclene A.; Burant, Christopher J.; Martin, Richard J.; Sweetko, John S.; DiFranco, Evelina
- Abstract
Although family caregivers who use both the personal and social resourcefulness skills have the best health outcomes, it is unknown whether their tendency toward personal or social resourcefulness varies by their care recipient's condition. This cross-sectional study of existing data from 234 caregivers of persons with various conditions examined five item pairs from the Resourcefulness Scale© with responses capturing personal and social resourcefulness in relation to anxiety, anger, sadness, indecision, and financial distress. Caregivers were categorized by the recipient's condition (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cancer, dementia, mental illness, Parkinson's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury, other, or multiple conditions). Findings showed that across most groups, caregivers used both personal and social resourcefulness when angry, sad, or indecisive and personal resourcefulness when anxious or managing money. Caregivers of persons with cancer, traumatic brain injury, stroke, and mental illness differed. The findings provide a basis for future clinical trials across diverse caregiver groups.
- Subjects
SERVICES for caregivers; SOCIAL support; CHRONIC diseases; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; SOCIAL media; HEALTH status indicators; BURDEN of care; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; DECISION making; FINANCIAL stress; QUALITY of life; RESEARCH funding; SOCIAL skills; ANGER; ANXIETY; STATISTICAL sampling; SADNESS; SECONDARY analysis
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 2022, Vol 44, Issue 3, p288
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/01939459211050951