title: Psychological Correlates of Burden Among Jordanian Caregivers of Patients With Serious Mental Illness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine prediction power of personality traits, expressed emotion, and coping strategies on caregivers' burden.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional descriptive correlational design was used to collect data from 196 caregivers using the Self-Administered Questionnaire from Jordanian caregivers of patients with serious mental illness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Jordanian caregivers had a moderate-to-severe burden level (M = 47.1, SD = 11.5). Burden had a significant negative relationship with coping (r = -.15, p = .04) and significant positive relationship with personality dysfunction (r = .16, p = .021). Emotional expression, coping, and personality were found to be significant predictors of burden (F = 5.16, p = .002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mental health professionals need to address family caregivers in their plans of care.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Al Farabi Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Bushar M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ghannam
authors.affiliation: Professor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Ayman M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hamdan-Mansour
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Sheihk Khalifa Specialty Hospital, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: Dana D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Al Abeiat
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000451:nursing*; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Burden personality traits; coping; expressed emotion; serious mental illness