Emotion regulation strategies and mental health in dementia caregivers: The moderating role of gender.
Emotion regulation strategies and mental health in dementia caregivers: The moderating role of gender.
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痴呆症护理人员的情绪调节策略和心理健康：性别的调节作用。
DOI：
10.1159/000538398
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发表时间：
2024
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Levenson,RobertW
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Bullard,BreannaM;Brown,CaseyL;Scheffer,JulianA;Toledo,AnnaB;Levenson,RobertW
为患有痴呆症的亲人提供护理会产生强烈的情绪，导致焦虑和抑郁的症状。照顾者经常尝试使用认知重新评估（CR;改变他们对情况的看法）或表达抑制（ES;隐藏他们的情绪）等策略来调节他们的情绪。然而，男性和女性照顾者在使用这些策略方面可能有所不同。目前的研究探讨性别差异报告CR和ES的使用和他们的协会与抑郁和焦虑的痴呆carefuls.MethodsWe结合数据从三个独立的研究非正式的痴呆照顾者（总N= 460）谁报告他们使用CR，ES，焦虑和depress.ResultsWomen的症状照顾者报告更多地使用CR和较少使用ES相比，男性。性别调节CR和抑郁症之间的关联，例如女性更多地使用CR与更少的抑郁症状相关，但男性则不然。性别并没有显着缓和ES和抑郁症之间的关联，或之间的情绪调节策略和anxiety.ConclusionFindings之间的一个独特的关系，更大的CR使用和女性CG抑郁症少，虽然相关性，建议利用CR可能是特别有帮助的女性照顾者减少抑郁症。这些结果强调需要进一步研究，以确定如何最好地支持痴呆症护理人员的心理健康。
IntroductionProviding care for a loved one with dementia can engender intense emotions that contribute to symptoms of anxiety and depression. Caregivers often attempt to regulate their emotions using strategies like cognitive reappraisal (CR; changing how they think about the situation) or expressive suppression (ES; hiding their emotions). However, men and women caregivers may differ in their use of these strategies. The current study examines gender differences in reported CR and ES usage and their associations with depression and anxiety in dementia caregivers.MethodsWe combined data from three independent studies of informal dementia caregivers (total N= 460) who reported on their use of CR, ES, and symptoms of anxiety and depression.ResultsWomen caregivers reported greater use of CR and less use of ES compared to men. Gender moderated the association between CR and depression, such that greater use of CR in women was associated with fewer depressive symptoms, but not for men. Gender did not significantly moderate the association between ES and depression, or between either emotion regulation strategy and anxiety.ConclusionFindings of a unique relationship between greater CR use and less depression among women CGs, although correlational, suggest that utilizing CR may be particularly helpful for reducing depression in women caregivers. These results underscore the need for further research to determine how best to support the mental well-being of dementia caregivers.