著者

宮﨑 章夫

出版者

一般社団法人 日本健康心理学会

雑誌

健康心理学研究 (ISSN:09173323)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, no.2, pp.22-32, 2012-03-10 (Released:2013-09-06)

参考文献数

32

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A scale for measuring caregivers' self-efficacy for coping with aggressive behaviors of patients with dementia was developed. Group-home caregivers (n = 381) participated in a questionnaire survey by responding to this scale. Factor analysis of their responses revealed that the self-efficacy scale measured two domains of coping efficacy: “Providing empathetic care as a way of preventing aggression” and “Controlling upsetting thoughts caused by aggression.” The two measures of coping-efficacy had sufficient internal consistency. The expected relationships were found between the two domains of coping-efficacy and psychological stress responses, conflicts with residents, and self-esteem. Staff with more than three years experience of working as caregivers showed higher efficacy scores for providing empathetic care than those with less than three years experience. No significant differences were found in the efficacy scores for controlling upsetting thoughts between the two staff groups. These results supported the contrast validity of the two coping-efficacy subscales.