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Examining Optimism and Caregiver Strain in Parents With Youth and Young Adults Diagnosed With Anxiety and Unipolar Mood Disorders

Gross, Jennifer Marie
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0771-7883
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1603383604496181

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2020, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch Seattle: Clinical Psychology.
An anonymous online survey investigated optimism and caregiver strain in parents of youth and young adults diagnosed with anxiety and unipolar depression. Caregiver strain is a well-researched phenomenon where the experience of parenting youth with serious psychological disorders has a potentially negative impact on parents and caregivers. Optimism is a trait that confers resiliency and improved coping to the individual. The relationship between caregiver strain and optimism is not well understood. This inquiry utilized the Caregiver Strain Questionnaire (CGSQ) to measure caregiver strain and the Life Orientation Test, Revised (LOT-R) to measure optimism. Participants endorsed significantly higher scores on the CGSQ subscale Subjective Externalized Strain (SES) and Subjective Internalized Strain (SIS), scales that collect data on the internal and external psychological experience of parents. Parents of youth with more than one psychological diagnosis endorsed higher SIS scores and reduced LOT-R scores. LOT-R scores were negatively correlated across all three CGSQ subscales; parents who endorsed higher caregiver strain also endorsed lower optimism.
Christopher Heffner (Committee Chair)
71 p.
Clinical Psychology; Psychology
optimism, caregiver strain, caregiver burden, parenting, unipolar mood disorder, survey research

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  • Gross, J. M. (2020). Examining Optimism and Caregiver Strain in Parents With Youth and Young Adults Diagnosed With Anxiety and Unipolar Mood Disorders [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1603383604496181

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gross, Jennifer. Examining Optimism and Caregiver Strain in Parents With Youth and Young Adults Diagnosed With Anxiety and Unipolar Mood Disorders. 2020. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1603383604496181.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gross, Jennifer. "Examining Optimism and Caregiver Strain in Parents With Youth and Young Adults Diagnosed With Anxiety and Unipolar Mood Disorders." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1603383604496181

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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