“…Studies conducted with various target populations have shown that people who have a broader range of social skills tend to report better quality of life, higher perceptions of social support, and fewer depressive symptoms (Braz, Del Prette, & Del Prette, 2011;Carneiro, Falcone, Clark, Del Prette, & Del Prette, 2007). In the case of caregivers, Franzmann, Krause, Haberstroh, and Pantel (2014), Muela, Torres, and Peláez (2001), Pinto and Barham (2014) and Robinson (1990) conducted studies to investigate the relationships among caregivers' social skills and their perceptions of social support, self-esteem, stress, burden and relationship quality. The fi ndings reveal that social skills have a positive infl uence on caregivers' wellbeing, indicating that a broader array of social skills is positively associated with greater social support, higher self-esteem and better relationship quality.…”