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  • The study examines how resilience in family caregivers can mitigate the negative impact of personality dysfunction on caregiving stress.
  • The research involved 224 caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities who reported on their resilience, personality dysfunction, and levels of care stress.
  • Findings suggest that higher resilience levels can protect caregivers, particularly in the presence of certain dysfunctional personality traits like antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism, offering insights for both theoretical and practical approaches to support caregivers.

Article Abstract

Background: Long-term care of a relative with a disability is associated with negative consequences on the caregiver's mental health. Therefore, investigating how some personality traits, such as resilience, protect caregivers with dysfunctional personality traits from caregiving stress is necessary. This study examines the moderating role of resilience in the relationship between caregiver's personality dysfunction and care stress.

Methods: A total of 224 family caregivers of children and adults with developmental disabilities participated in this cross-sectional research. They completed self-report measures of resilience, personality dysfunction, and care stress.

Results: The results show that medium and high levels of resilience protect familial caregivers from the adverse effects of personality dysfunction on stress. The relationship is maintained for three of the five dysfunctional personality traits (antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism).

Conclusions: From a theoretical point of view, the results show the contribution of the dimensional personality model to the study of caregiving stress. From a practical standpoint, the results can be used to optimise the resilience of familial caregivers, providing them with tools to take better care of their relatives.

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