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COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY
卷 70, 期 -, 页码 159-164出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.07.010
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Objective: Parents of offspring with mental illness must endure endless child care burden despite their old age, and must cope with associative stigma. This study analyzed the mediator effect of associative stigma on relationships between the main stressors, psychiatric symptoms and lowered social function of offspring with mental illness, assessed by the parents, and their care burden. Method: 215 parents caring for an adult child with mental illness in Korea were surveyed (Mage = 60.68, SD = 13.58; 74.4% mothers). They were asked to assess the psychiatric symptoms and social function of their offspring, the stigma they experienced, and the objective/subjective care burdens they felt. Results: Our findings suggest that the symptoms and function of offspring directly affect the care burden of parents, but also have an indirect effect mediated by associative stigma. Among the predictor variables, symptoms have a greater effect on the subjective/objective burden and associative stigma than social function. Conclusions: We suggest strategies for parents to overcome associative stigma and emphasize the professional endeavor required to meet the service needs of elderly parents taking care of an adult child with mental illness. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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