01705nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653001500118653001500133653002700148653002400175653002300199653002300222100002100245700002200266700001800288245006300306300001200369490000700381520104700388022001401435020001401449       2014                            d  c07/2014bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10adependency10aDepression10aemotional competencies10aemotional education10ainformal caregiver10arelative caregiver1 aN. Pérez-Escoda1 aK. Velar Ceballos1 aA. Ruiz-Bueno00aEmotional competence and depression in informal caregivers  a181-1910 v203 aThis study analyses the relationship between emotional competencies, socio-cultural situation and depressive symptomatology for 211 family caregivers working with dependent relatives older than 65 years. This investigation used the Adult Emotional Development questionnaire reduced version (CDE-R; Pérez-Escoda, Bisquena, Filella & Soldevila, 2010), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II; Sanz, Vázquez & Perdigón, 2003), and a questionnaire developed to analyze the caregivers socio-familiar situation. Results indicate that the level of emotional competence was medium-low and 46.2% of the caregivers showed depressive symptomatology in addition to a negative significant relationship between both variables. Using logistic regression analysis, a model explaining the depressive symptomatology was identified containing 5 variables: time devoted to caregiving, home visits from care professionals, emotional regulation, life-skills and emotional independence. Development of emotional competence is proposed as a preventive intervention.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437