Gratitude Predicts Meaning in Life in Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

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dc.contributor.authorMcGee, Jocelyn Shealy
dc.contributor.authorPolson, Edward C.
dc.contributor.authorMyers, Dennis R.
dc.contributor.authorMcClellan, Angela M.
dc.contributor.authorKe, Weiming
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Holly Carlson
dc.contributor.authorMeraz, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-26T13:23:14Z
dc.date.available2024-06-26T13:23:14Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-30
dc.date.updated2024-06-26T13:23:15Z
dc.description.abstractGratitude is a well-known and researched internal positive psychological resource. Empirical data, however, on the association between gratitude, meaning in life, and burden in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease is scant. The aims of this study were to (1) investigate the relationships among these variables in a sample of family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s; and (2) determine if gratitude mediates the effects of perceived burden on meaning in life in this population. One-hundred and twenty-six adult family caregivers, most of whom were an intimate partner or adult child of a person with Alzheimer’s, completed the Gratitude Questionnaire-Six Item, the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, the Zarit Burden Inventory, and other relevant measures. A series of OLS regression models, guided by the caregiver stress process model, were conducted. These analyses demonstrated that gratitude was a predictor of the presence of meaning in life among the caregivers in this study even when other key variables were considered. Furthermore, analyses revealed that gratitude fully mediated the effects of caregiver burden on the presence of meaning in life in this sample. Thus, clinicians should consider gratitude as an important internal resource for cultivating meaning in life in this population, especially when caregiver burden is present. Gratitude-bolstering clinical interventions should be further developed and tested as both stand-alone and complimentary additions to empirically supported psychoeducational approaches for supporting health and well-being in this population.
dc.identifierdoi: 10.3390/geriatrics9030072
dc.identifier.citationGeriatrics 9 (3): 72 (2024)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/17554
dc.titleGratitude Predicts Meaning in Life in Family Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

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