Assessing the opinions of relatives on the causes and social consequences of different mental disorders: Are instruments cross-culturally valid?

Kallert, Thomas W.; Nitsche, Ines

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2007.01.007

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“…The general attitude of relatives towards mental disorders was explored with the German version of the standardized Questionnaire on the Opinions of the Family (QOF) (Magliano et al 1999;Kallert and Nitsche 2008) (Cronbach's alpha of the subscales between 0.63 and 0.48).…”

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Which factors influence the psychological distress among relatives of patients with chronic functional psychoses? An exploratory study in a community mental health care setting

2009

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Aim: This research aimed to assess the contribution of the five core areas of the transactional stress model to the relatives' psychological distress (PD) when informally taking care of patients with functional psychoses treated in community mental health care. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional data from 163 relatives were collected in interviews, while data on 158 patients were collected by analyzing clinical charts. The following areas were assessed: socio-demographic and illness-related features of the patients, socio-demographic features of the relatives (environmental variables); sense of coherence, mastery, causal attributions and opinions of relatives about mental disorders (person variables); interpersonal problems with the patients as well as the assessment of their symptoms by the relatives themselves (primary appraisal); support received, critical life events and burden of relatives caused by their own illnesses (secondary appraisal); control behavior and efforts of relatives to engage the patients in activities (coping). PD was assessed with the 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire. Bi-variate correlation analysis and a multiple linear regression model were the main test statistical approaches. Results: Correlation analysis showed that differences between diagnostic groups referred to primary and secondary appraisal processes, in particular. Results of the statistical model provided evidence for the importance of primary appraisal and person variables for influencing PD, and for the lack of importance of coping and environmental variables. Conclusion: The study enhanced the validity of the transactional stress model to demonstrate the influence of salutogenetic concepts such as sense of coherence

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Which factors influence the psychological distress among relatives of patients with chronic functional psychoses? An exploratory study in a community mental health care setting

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“…Research on family caregivers of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) has shown that coping with a loved one’s illness leads to burden and distress, and attempts have been made to identify the factors associated with this outcome. These factors include illness severity variables (e.g., number of hospitalizations), family environment and support [3, 4], and aspects related to illness representations, or the way in which family members think about and appraise the illness [5–7].…”

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Illness representations among parents of children and adults with serious mental disorders: A systematic review and theoretical model

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Objective:Cognitive representations of an illness have an important impact on psychological outcomes. The current systematic review explored 1) the characteristics of illness representations held by parents of children and adults with serious mental illness (SMI), and 2) the associations of these representations with both parents’ and patients’ psychological outcomes.Method:PSYINFO and PUBMED were screened for eligible studies published between January 2000 and August 2018. Selection was based on PRISMA guidelines. Reference lists of these papers were checked for additional references. Two independent coders extracted all relevant data.Results:The search resulted in 31 relevant studies, which were divided, by type of methodology, into three sections: quantitative, qualitative, and mixed quantitative-qualitative. In each section, findings were divided in accordance with the two research questions.Conclusion:Parents struggle to make meaning of their child’s illness, often holding stigmatizing ideas about the illness and blaming themselves for its existence. More longitudinal studies that include both of the child’s parents, as well as interventional studies, are needed to expand our knowledge of ways to help parents construct more beneficial representations of their children’s illnesses.

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“…Research has shown that psychiatric disorder representation—that is, the way parents perceive the disorder—is associated with family burden (Hasson‐Ohayon, Goldzweig, Lavi‐Rotenberg, Roe, & Pijnenborg, 2019; Kallert & Nitsche, 2008). Such representations among parents of children with psychiatric disorders are constructed via previous experience with people who have mental health issues, as well as accumulated knowledge on mental health before and after the child is diagnosed.…”

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Coping With Information Style, Self‐Concealment, Internalized Stigma, and Family Burden Among Parents of Children With Psychiatric Disorders

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Parents of children with psychiatric disorders who are hospitalized in a psychiatric unit often experience family burden. Family burden has been found to be affected by many variables related to parents' personal traits and ways of reacting to the disorder. The current study examined the association between information coping styles (monitoring and blunting) and family burden, among parents of children who were hospitalized in a day care unit. The possible role of self‐stigma as a mediator between coping style and family burden and the role of self‐concealment as a moderator between coping style and self‐stigma were examined. A total of 41 parents completed questionnaires assessing their levels of self‐stigma, information coping style, self‐concealment, and family burden. Self‐stigma was found to mediate the positive association between the monitoring coping style and family burden. Moreover, a moderation effect of self‐concealment was found, indicating that monitoring parents suffered from higher levels of self‐stigma particularly if they had a high tendency toward self‐concealment. Taking into account parents’ information, coping style, self‐stigma, and self‐concealment can help professionals tailor family interventions according to parents’ diverse needs. A monitoring coping style may not be beneficial especially when combined with concealment, suggesting the need to promote other coping styles.

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Assessing the opinions of relatives on the causes and social consequences of different mental disorders: Are instruments cross-culturally valid?

Cited by 10 publications

References 25 publications

Which factors influence the psychological distress among relatives of patients with chronic functional psychoses? An exploratory study in a community mental health care setting

Which factors influence the psychological distress among relatives of patients with chronic functional psychoses? An exploratory study in a community mental health care setting

Illness representations among parents of children and adults with serious mental disorders: A systematic review and theoretical model

Coping With Information Style, Self‐Concealment, Internalized Stigma, and Family Burden Among Parents of Children With Psychiatric Disorders

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