Personal values profiles in dementia family caregivers: their association with ambivalent feelings and anxious and depressive symptoms
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OBJECTIVE: Culture-related variables, such as personal values, have been suggested as important in stress processes, such as family caregiving of people with dementia. Personal values may be categorized into two dimensions: family and own personal values. Drawing upon the Sociocultural Stress and Coping model, the objective of this study is to analyze differences between caregivers depending on their values profiles. METHOD: Participants were 333 family caregivers of a spouse or a parent with dementia. Caregivers chose their two most important values, apart from caregiving, from a list of eight family-related and non-family-related values (own values). Therefore, three values profiles were possible: Family-values profile (FVP: the two values are family related), Mixed-values profile (MVP: one family related value and one own value), and Own-values profile (OVP: two own values were selected). In addition to values, sociodemographic variables, commitment and satisfaction with caregiving value and with chosen values, ambivalent feelings, and anxiety and depression symptomatology were assessed. ANOVA analyses were conducted. RESULTS: The analyses suggest that caregivers in the FVP had lower levels of anxiety and ambivalent feelings and a higher commitment to and satisfaction with their chosen values than the other profiles. No differences were found for commitment and satisfaction with the caregiving value. CONCLUSION: Caregivers' value profiles seem to play an important role in the effects of stress over psychological health. Possible explanations of these effects about potential role conflicts and a higher commitment to values are discussed.
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- Authors
- Vara-García, C., Romero-Moreno, R., Barrera-Caballero, S., Pedroso-Chaparro, M. D. S., Cabrera, I., Márquez-González, M., Olazarán, J., & Losada, A.
- Affiliations
- Department of Psychology, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES)
- Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Aging & Mental Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020-09-21
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2160-2168
- ISSN
- 1360-7863 (ISSN-L)
- 1364-6915
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- W3087734219
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- 10
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- 61
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- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 0.71
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
- Keywords
- personal values, family caregivers, dementia caregiving, anxiety, depression, value profiles, family values, caregiver stress, role conflict, caregiver commitment, caregiver satisfaction
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Dementia, Depression, Emotions, Humans, Stress, Psychological, Caregivers
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