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The relationship between former young caregivers’ personalities and their health-promoting behavi... more The relationship between former young caregivers’ personalities and their health-promoting behaviors once they reach adulthood has not been studied. In the present study, former young caregivers were assessed on the relationship between their instrumental and expressive traits and health-promoting behaviors. Forty-nine former young caregivers completed a demographic questionnaire, the Personal Attributes Questionnaire, and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Former young caregivers’ level of instrumental traits explained variance in their health-promoting behaviors for the total HPLPII, Spiritual Growth, and Stress Management subscales (10, 19, and 9%, respectively), after controlling for demographic characteristics. Former young caregivers’ instrumental and expressive traits explained variance in their health-promoting behaviors for the Interpersonal Relations subscale (32%), after controlling for demographic characteristics.

Journal of Psychology Research, 2014

INTRODUCTIONThe caregiver role can occur at any part of the lifespan, and the effects, both short... more INTRODUCTIONThe caregiver role can occur at any part of the lifespan, and the effects, both short and long-term, on one's mental health are important to understand (Shifren, 2009; Schulz & Sherwood, 2008). From the more than 65 million adult caregivers in the United States (U.S.; The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 2009), researchers have found that a number of factors including age, personality, social support, stressors, coping techniques, and disease severity may play a role in caregivers' mental health for a variety of diseases and disorders (Auon, Bentley, Funk, Toye, Grande & Stajduhar, 2012; Chien et al., 2011; Marquez, Bustamante, Kozey-Keadle, Kraemer, & Carrion, 2012; Oliver, Washington, Demiris, Wittenberg-Lyles & Novak, 2012; Pinquart & Duberstein, 2005; Schulz & Sherwood, 2008).For the 1.3 to 1.4 million young caregivers in the U.S. who experience this role in childhood and/or adolescence (Hunt, Levine & Naiditch, 2005), there is still little informat...

Psycho-Oncology, 2014

Objective-This study examined psychological functioning in children with a history of cancer and ... more Objective-This study examined psychological functioning in children with a history of cancer and a matched sample of healthy peers, while exploring the roles of disposition and stressful life events. Method-Participants were 255 children with a history of cancer and 101 demographically matched children (8-17 years). Children completed measures of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress (PTSS); history of stressful life events; and dispositional factors, including optimism and a five-factor personality measure. Results-Children with cancer did not differ from peers with regard to depression and PTSS, but reported significantly lower anxiety. In hierarchical regressions, children's depression, anxiety and PTSS scores were largely predicted by dispositional variables, and to a lesser extent, stressful life events, after controlling for demographics and health status. Conclusion-Children's psychological functioning is predicted primarily by disposition, and secondarily by history of stressful life events, with health status (i.e., cancer versus control) accounting for minimal, and often non-significant variance in children's functioning. These findings further support that children with cancer are generally resilient, with factors predictive of their adjustment difficulties mirroring those of children without history of serious illness.

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics, 2015

The relationship between former young caregivers’ personalities and their health-promoting behavi... more The relationship between former young caregivers’ personalities and their health-promoting behaviors once they reach adulthood has not been studied. In the present study, former young caregivers were assessed on the relationship between their instrumental and expressive traits and health-promoting behaviors. Forty-nine former young caregivers completed a demographic questionnaire, the Personal Attributes Questionnaire, and the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II. Former young caregivers’ level of instrumental traits explained variance in their health-promoting behaviors for the total HPLPII, Spiritual Growth, and Stress Management subscales (10, 19, and 9%, respectively), after controlling for demographic characteristics. Former young caregivers’ instrumental and expressive traits explained variance in their health-promoting behaviors for the Interpersonal Relations subscale (32%), after controlling for demographic characteristics.

Journal of Psychology Research, 2014

INTRODUCTIONThe caregiver role can occur at any part of the lifespan, and the effects, both short... more INTRODUCTIONThe caregiver role can occur at any part of the lifespan, and the effects, both short and long-term, on one's mental health are important to understand (Shifren, 2009; Schulz & Sherwood, 2008). From the more than 65 million adult caregivers in the United States (U.S.; The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 2009), researchers have found that a number of factors including age, personality, social support, stressors, coping techniques, and disease severity may play a role in caregivers' mental health for a variety of diseases and disorders (Auon, Bentley, Funk, Toye, Grande & Stajduhar, 2012; Chien et al., 2011; Marquez, Bustamante, Kozey-Keadle, Kraemer, & Carrion, 2012; Oliver, Washington, Demiris, Wittenberg-Lyles & Novak, 2012; Pinquart & Duberstein, 2005; Schulz & Sherwood, 2008).For the 1.3 to 1.4 million young caregivers in the U.S. who experience this role in childhood and/or adolescence (Hunt, Levine & Naiditch, 2005), there is still little informat...

Psycho-Oncology, 2014

Objective-This study examined psychological functioning in children with a history of cancer and ... more Objective-This study examined psychological functioning in children with a history of cancer and a matched sample of healthy peers, while exploring the roles of disposition and stressful life events. Method-Participants were 255 children with a history of cancer and 101 demographically matched children (8-17 years). Children completed measures of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress (PTSS); history of stressful life events; and dispositional factors, including optimism and a five-factor personality measure. Results-Children with cancer did not differ from peers with regard to depression and PTSS, but reported significantly lower anxiety. In hierarchical regressions, children's depression, anxiety and PTSS scores were largely predicted by dispositional variables, and to a lesser extent, stressful life events, after controlling for demographics and health status. Conclusion-Children's psychological functioning is predicted primarily by disposition, and secondarily by history of stressful life events, with health status (i.e., cancer versus control) accounting for minimal, and often non-significant variance in children's functioning. These findings further support that children with cancer are generally resilient, with factors predictive of their adjustment difficulties mirroring those of children without history of serious illness.

Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics, 2015