The predictive roles of early maladaptive schemas, parenting styles, and schema coping processes in well-being of primary caregivers of dementia patients

2019-07-02
Yorulmaz, Elçin
Bozo Özen, Özlem
Giving care to a dementia patient is a challenging process and associated with many physical and psychological health outcomes (e.g. Coope et al., 1995; Vitaliano et al., 2002). It is thought that one of the variables that affects the psychological health outcomes may be early maladaptive schemas (Young, Kolosko, & Weishaar, 2003). In addition, studies showed that early maladaptive schemas have a mediator role in the relationship between parenting styles and psychopathology. The aims of this study were to test this relationship in caregivers of dementia patients and to examine the moderator role of schema coping processes on the association between early maladaptive schemas and caregiver wellbeing. 99 caregivers of dementia patients participated in this study. Participants completed the measures of Young Schema Questionnaire, Young Parenting Inventory, Young Compensation Inventory, Young Rygh Avoidance Inventory, and Caregiver Well-Being Scale. Hayes process macros was used in the analysis (Hayes, 2013). Early maladaptive schemas mediated the association between parenting style and caregiver well-being basic needs. However, the mediator role of early maladaptive schemas between parenting styles and caregiver wellbeing activity of living was not confirmed. Moreover, schema coping processes did not moderate the association between early maladaptive schemas and caregiver well-being. The effects of parenting styles on caregiver wellbeing basic needs was mediated by early maladaptive schemas. That is, the increment in negative parenting caused an increase in schema scores, which resulted in decrease in caregiver well-being basic needs. This study provided empirical confirmation for caregiver studies having early maladaptive schemas as a mediator between parenting styles and caregiver wellbeing basic needs. Therefore, including early experiences with parents and early maladaptive schemas to the treatment related to psychological problems of dementia caregivers might be important for better outcome. This notion may be a support for those applications in Schema Therapy. Overall, as for clinical implications, the findings of this study may help to understand the importance of early experiences on the caregiving processes.
16th European Congrees of Psychology (2 - 5 Temmuz 2019)

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E. Yorulmaz and Ö. Bozo Özen, “The predictive roles of early maladaptive schemas, parenting styles, and schema coping processes in well-being of primary caregivers of dementia patients,” presented at the 16th European Congrees of Psychology (2 - 5 Temmuz 2019), Moscow, Russia, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://ecp2019.ru/doc/Book_of_Abstracts_ecp_2019.pdf.