title: Factors impacting the mental health of the caregivers of children with asthma in china: effects of family socioeconomic status, symptoms control, proneness to shame, and family functioning.
abstract: Caregiver mental health is widely considered to be an important factor influencing children's asthma symptoms. The present study aimed to examine key factors that contribute to caregiver mental health in pediatric asthma with a Chinese sample. Two hundred participants reported their family socioeconomic status (SES), proneness to shame, asthma symptoms control of their child, family functioning, and their depression and anxiety symptoms. Results suggested that low family SES, low family functioning, and a high level of shame proneness were associated with high levels of anxiety and depression for caregivers. Family functioning mediated the effects of SES and shame on caregiver mental health and also moderated the effects of SES and shame on caregiver depression. This study highlights the importance of reducing experience of shame and enhancing family functioning in families affected by pediatric asthma.
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China; Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chunli
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Xuxia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yuyin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety; D001249:Asthma / Q000451:nursing*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression; D004522:Educational Status; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D008603:Mental Health; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012752:Shame; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Caregiver Mental Health; Family Functioning; Pediatric Asthma; Proneness to Shame; asma pediátrico; funcionamiento familiar; propensión a la vergüenza; salud mental de los cuidadores; 儿科哮喘; 家庭功能; 照料者精神健康; 羞耻感倾向性