“…The influences of psychological and sociocultural factors on the coping skills that caregivers employ has been explored (Campbell, Converse, & Rodgers, 1976;Chakrabarti & Gill, 2002;Hooker, Frazier, & Monahan, 1994;Lewinsohn, Redner, & Seeley, 1991;Shimazu, Shimazu, & Odara, 2005). More specifically, the role of personality (Chakrabarti, et al, 2002;Hooker, et al, 1994;Hooker, Monahan, Bowman, Frazier, & Shifren, 1998;Lewinsohn, et al, 1991), culture (Caspi & Elder, 1986;Greer & Brown, 2011;Greer & Chwalisz, 2007;Outten, et al, 2009;Utsey, Ponterotto, Reynolds, & Cancelli, 2000), relationship with care-recipient (Lawrence, Tennstedt, & Assman, 1998;McClendon, Smyth, & Neundorfer, 2004;Quayhagen & Quayhagen, 1988), economic status (Borg & Hallberg, 2006;Jang, Chiriboga, Kim, & Phillips, 2008;Rice, Near & Hunt, 1980), role strain (Barusch & Spaid, 1991;Bonebright, Clay, & Ankenmann, 2000;Choo, Low, Karina, Poi, Ebenezer, & Prince, 2003;Collins & Jones, 1997), as well as occupational stress (Bonebright, Clay, & Ankenmann, 2000;Gueritalt-Chalvin, Kalichman, Demi, & Peterson, 2000), and gender (Collins, et al, 1997;Kristensson Ekwall & Rahm Hallberg, 2006) have all been shown to increase the experience of stress (Collins, et al, 1997;Gueritalt-Chalvin, et al, 2000;Hooker, et al, 1998), decrease life satisfaction (Arango-Lasprilla, Olivera Plaza, Drew, Perdomo Romero, Arango Pizarro, Francis, & Kreut...…”