The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the stressors
of the caregiving process and the health related outcomes (depression, anxiety, and
general psychological health) in caregivers of children with leukemia. Caregiver
Stress Model was used as the conceptual framework for the study. In order to
measure the stressors of the caregivers, caregiver well-being scale was adapted to
Turkish culture as the study 1 by using the caregivers of family members with
various chronic illnesses. The analyses showed that Turkish version of the caregiver
well-being scale had satisfactory psychometric properties for Turkish caregivers. The
sample of the study 2 was composed of 100 caregivers of children with leukemia,
who were treated at oncology or hematology departments of hospitals in Ankara and
izmir, Turkey. Nine mediation models were tested using problem focused coping,
emotion focused coping, and social support as mediators. The models included
primary stressors (caregiving tasks and basic needs) and secondary stressors
(interpersonal relationships and role strain) as independent variables / and depression,
anxiety, and general psychological health as dependent variables. The findings
suggested that emotion focused coping and social support were significant mediators
of the relationships between the stressors and the outcomes, however, problem
focused coping was not a significant mediator. Different patterns of significant
relationships were found between the primary stressors, secondary stressors, and the
outcome variables. However, caregiving tasks was not significantly predicting of any
of the outcome variables. The strengths and limitations, as well as the implications of
the findings, were discussed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609327/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 February 2008 |
| Creators | Demirtepe, Dilek |
| Contributors | Bozo, Ozlem |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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