title: Caregiver Burden Among Caregivers of Individuals With Severe Mental Illness: Testing the Moderation and Mediation Models of Resilience.
abstract: The association between the socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers, such as gender and caregiver burden, is well documented; however, the process underlying this relationship is poorly understood. Based on the stress process model, we designed a cross-sectional study to examine the mediating and moderating effect of resilience on the relationship between gender and caregiver burden. Caregivers of individuals with severe mental illness (n=201) were recruited in two psychiatric outpatient clinics in Malaysia. The relationship between the gender of the caregiver and caregiver burden was mediated by resilience, thus supporting the stress process model. The findings from the present research contribute to the growing evidence of the interaction between socio-demographic variables of caregivers and resilience, and caregiver burden.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: zamzaliza@salam.uitm.edu.my.
authors.forename: Zamzaliza Abdul
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Mulud
authors.affiliation: Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: g.mccarthy@ucc.ie.
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology