Relationship between self efficacy and resilience of caregivers of senile dementia patients.: the mediating role of positive coping
Yuan Hui
Sun Huimin
Abstract：Objective:To explore positive coping in the relationship between self efficacy and resilience of caregivers of senile dementia patients.Methods:A questionnaire survey was conducted among 180 caregivers of senile dementia patients by Connor-Davidson Resilience Simple version of Scale-10 item(CD-RISC 10),the General Self-Efficacy Scale(GSES)and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire(SCSQ).Results:The total score of resilience of dementia family caregivers was(24.83±7.58),self efficacy score was(2.44 ± 0.63),score of positive coping style was(1.92±0.51),score of negative coping style was (1.27 ±0.48),resilience score was positively correlated with self-efficacy and positive coping styles(P＜0.01).Self efficacy had positive predictive effect on the psychological resilience level of caregivers.The mediating effect of self-efficacy on the resilience of caregivers was mediated by the mediating effect of positive coping,and the mediating effect was 33.60 ％.Conclusions:The mental resilience of dementia family caregivers was at a moderate level,and their self-efficacy needed to be improved.The self-efficacy of caregivers was closely related to resilience,and positive coping played a partial mediating role between the self-efficacy and resilience of caregivers.
Keywords：dementiacaregiversresilienceself-efficacycoping stylemediating rolepositive copingnegative coping
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 4226-4230 )