title: The relationship between coping style and burden in the carers of relatives with schizophrenia.
abstract: The development of a questionnaire to measure the coping style of people caring for a relative with schizophrenia is described. Data on the psychometric properties of this questionnaire are reported for a sample of 91 carers. It is shown that coping style is associated with carer burden and psychological distress. In particular, the coping styles 'collusion', 'criticism/coercion', 'overprotectiveness', 'emotional over-involvement' and 'resignation' were found to be associated with higher levels of carer burden, and the coping style 'warmth' was found to be associated with lower levels of carer burden.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Budd
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oles
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires