title: Personality and coping among caregivers of spouses with dementia.
abstract: Personality factors and coping strategies were examined among a sample of spouse caregivers. Fifty spouse caregivers of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia completed the NEO-FFI, a personality inventory designed to measure traits identified in the five-factor trait model, and a revised measure of the Ways of Coping Checklist. Results from a series of multivariate regressions showed that personality traits explained 60% of the variance in emotion-focused coping, 30% of variance in problem-focused coping, and 15% of variance associated with social support coping. Discussion focuses on the usefulness of including personality characteristics of the caregiver in formulating models of the caregiving coping process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, NY 13244.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hooker
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Frazier
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Monahan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011340:Problem Solving; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012944:Social Support