TY - JOUR
KW - dependency
KW - Depression
KW - emotional competencies
KW - emotional education
KW - informal caregiver
KW - relative caregiver
AU - N. Pérez-Escoda
AU - K. Velar Ceballos
AU - A. Ruiz-Bueno
AB - This 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.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal Article
N1 - Copyright - © 2014, Editores de Ansiedad y Estrés<br/><br/>Fecha de revisión - 20150810<br/><br/>Última actualización - 2016-11-19<br/><br/>SubjectsTermNotLitGenreText - Caregivers<br/>1268 ; Competence<br/>1764 8698 ; Decision Making<br/>1655 2226 8698 ; 206 2449 4913 5144 8698
N2 - This 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.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2014
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 181
EP - 191
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Emotional competence and depression in informal caregivers
VL - 20
ER -