TY - JOUR
T1 - Informal Caregiver Social Network Types and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience
AU - Sung, Pildoo
AU - Lim-Soh, Jeremy
AU - Malhotra, Rahul
N1 - This research is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Health’s National Medical Research Council under its Health Services Research - Competitive Research Grant (NMRC/HSRG/0095/2018). This work is also supported by the Duke-NUS Signature Research Programme funded by the Ministry of Health, Singapore. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Ministry of Health.
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PY - 2024/7/3
Y1 - 2024/7/3
N2 - Little is known about whether and why social networks protect mental health among informal caregivers. This study examined the association between informal caregiver social network types and depressive symptoms and the mediatory mechanism of psychological resilience. Latent class analysis, applied to cross-sectional data on 278 Singaporean caregivers, identified four social network types: restricted (42%), friend (16%), family (21%), and diverse (21%). Path analysis showed that the diverse social network type, compared to the restricted social network type, was associated with a lower level of depressive symptoms, and psychological resilience fully mediated this association. Interventions should help caregivers to maintain social networks with their family and friends.
AB - Little is known about whether and why social networks protect mental health among informal caregivers. This study examined the association between informal caregiver social network types and depressive symptoms and the mediatory mechanism of psychological resilience. Latent class analysis, applied to cross-sectional data on 278 Singaporean caregivers, identified four social network types: restricted (42%), friend (16%), family (21%), and diverse (21%). Path analysis showed that the diverse social network type, compared to the restricted social network type, was associated with a lower level of depressive symptoms, and psychological resilience fully mediated this association. Interventions should help caregivers to maintain social networks with their family and friends.
KW - Singapore
KW - social network typology
KW - Caregiving
KW - depression
KW - psychological resilience
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/wasp20/2024/00000036/00000004/art00014
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85186582063&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08959420.2024.2319535
DO - 10.1080/08959420.2024.2319535
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0895-9420
VL - 36
SP - 693
EP - 708
JO - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
JF - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
IS - 4
ER -