CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER: INTERPERSONAL FACTORS AND DEPRESSION AS PARALLEL-SERIAL MEDIATORS BETWEEN STIGMA AND SUICIDAL IDEATION

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Background/Objectives: This study applied Joiner's Interpersonal PsychologicalTheory to a caregiver population, by describing relationships among affiliate stigma,... Show moreBackground/Objectives: This study applied Joiner's Interpersonal PsychologicalTheory to a caregiver population, by describing relationships among affiliate stigma,
thwarted-belongingess (TB), perceived-burdensomeness (PB), and depression, and
suicidal ideation (SI). Participants/Setting: 243 adult caregivers participated in this study
via Prolific Academic and caregiver-related websites. Design/Main Outcome Measures:
This study used a cross-sectional, survey-based design including demographics, the
Affiliate Stigma Scale (α=.93), Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire-15 (α=.95), Center of
Epidemiology Studies–Depression-10 (α=.90), and Depressive Symptom Inventory—
Suicide Subscale (α = .91) via Qualtrics. Analyses run on SPSSv27/Hayes’ PROCESS
macro. Results: Parallel-serial mediation found after controlling for covariates that the
total indirect effect of affiliate stigma on SI through both TB and PB then through
depression was significant, B = .0271, SE = .0062, β = .1659, 95%CI [.0152, .0393].
Conclusions: Findings indicated that affiliate stigma indirectly affected SI through both
TB and PB then through depression. Interventions to improve caregiver wellbeing should
capitalize on both improving interpersonal functioning and depressive symptoms in
tandem in order to reduce SI risk. Show less

Details
Department

PSYC / Psychology

Title

CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER: INTERPERSONAL FACTORS AND DEPRESSION AS PARALLEL-SERIAL MEDIATORS BETWEEN STIGMA AND SUICIDAL IDEATION

Institution

Illinois Institute of Technology

Creator(s)

Tsen, Jonathan Y.

Advisor(s)

Lee, Eun-Jeong

Date

2022

Description

Background/Objectives: This study applied Joiner's Interpersonal PsychologicalTheory to a caregiver population, by describing relationships among affiliate stigma, thwarted-belongingess (TB),... Show moreBackground/Objectives: This study applied Joiner's Interpersonal PsychologicalTheory to a caregiver population, by describing relationships among affiliate stigma, thwarted-belongingess (TB), perceived-burdensomeness (PB), and depression, and suicidal ideation (SI). Participants/Setting: 243 adult caregivers participated in this study via Prolific Academic and caregiver-related websites. Design/Main Outcome Measures: This study used a cross-sectional, survey-based design including demographics, the Affiliate Stigma Scale (α=.93), Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire-15 (α=.95), Center of Epidemiology Studies–Depression-10 (α=.90), and Depressive Symptom Inventory— Suicide Subscale (α = .91) via Qualtrics. Analyses run on SPSSv27/Hayes’ PROCESS macro. Results: Parallel-serial mediation found after controlling for covariates that the total indirect effect of affiliate stigma on SI through both TB and PB then through depression was significant, B = .0271, SE = .0062, β = .1659, 95%CI [.0152, .0393]. Conclusions: Findings indicated that affiliate stigma indirectly affected SI through both TB and PB then through depression. Interventions to improve caregiver wellbeing should capitalize on both improving interpersonal functioning and depressive symptoms in tandem in order to reduce SI risk. Show less

Type

Dissertation

File type

application/pdf

Subject

Clinical psychology
Affiliate Stigma
Caregivers
Depression
Perceived Burdensomeness
Suicidal Ideation
Thwarted Belongingness

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Restricted Access

Rights

In Copyright
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Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1024964

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