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Association of Illness Perceptions, Illness Perception Incongruence, and Psychological Distress Among Caregivers in the Context of Chronic Multi-Symptom Illness.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Association of Illness Perceptions, Illness Perception Incongruence, and Psychological Distress Among Caregivers in the Context of Chronic Multi-Symptom Illness./
Author:	Winograd, Darren.
Description:	1 online resource (85 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-10, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-10B.
Subject:	Counseling psychology. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798382225562

Association of Illness Perceptions, Illness Perception Incongruence, and Psychological Distress Among Caregivers in the Context of Chronic Multi-Symptom Illness.
Winograd, Darren.

Association of Illness Perceptions, Illness Perception Incongruence, and Psychological Distress Among Caregivers in the Context of Chronic Multi-Symptom Illness. - 1 online resource (85 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-10, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Albany, 2024.

Includes bibliographical references

Following the common sense model of self regulation (CSM), how individuals think about an illness (i.e., illness perceptions) influences one's level of psychological distress (e.g., burden, depression). This is thought to be especially true for illnesses which lack any clear medical etiology, termed chronic multi-symptom illness (CMI). While the impact of illness perceptions are well established predictors of distress among those diagnosed CMI, no known study has considered if illness perceptions similarly impact informal caregivers caring for individuals with CMI. This study therefore sought to examine if illness perceptions held by caregivers caring for individuals with CMI predicted caregiver psychological distress. This study also sought to examine if caregivers' perceived incongruence (i.e., caregivers perceiving themselves as holding differing illness perceptions than the recipients of their care) predicted caregiver psychological distress. It was expected that holding greater threat-related illness perceptions of CMI and experiencing greater perceived incongruence would result in greater caregiver burden and depression. Conversely, it was expected that holding greater protective illness perceptions of CMI would predict less caregiver burden and depression.Participants (N=201) were individuals who self-identified as caregivers caring for individuals with CMI. Results supported the hypothesis that threat-related illness perceptions among caregivers would predict greater caregiver burden and depression. Results however did not support the hypotheses that protective illness perceptions would predict lower burden and depression, nor that greater perceived incongruence would predict greater burden and depression. The discussion explores implication for both practice and research surrounding the needs of caregivers caring for individuals with CMI.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798382225562Subjects--Topical Terms:

963782
Counseling psychology.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Chronic multi-symptom illnessIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

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