Comparison of Positive Psychological Capital among Caregivers of Depressed Patients with Different Marital Status
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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Depression is a psychiatric disorder involving with a serious mood disturbance and mostly co-occurrence with physical symptoms; those symptoms raise a higher burden for their caregivers. Previous scholar pointed out that caregivers with positive psychological capital (PsyCap) were able to perform proper care to their depressed patient. Therefore, this study aimed to (1) identifying the levels of PsyCap in the caregivers of depressive patients and (2) comparing the levels of PsyCap as classified by caregiver's marital status. Samples were 192 caregivers of depressed patients (62 males, 130 females) who continuously received the hospital services at the HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center. They were asked to complete questionnaire on demographic information and Positive Psychological Capital scale. Descriptive statistics and One-Way ANOVA with Scheffe Test were employed for analyzing the data. The results revealed that (1) caregivers had an overall score and a domain score of PsyCap at a high level (mean ranged from 4.04 to 4.20), and at a very high level for a domain of hope (mean = 4.40). The analysis of One-way ANOVA and Scheffe showed significant differences for overall scores and domain scores of PsyCap according to the caregiver's marital status, especially the differences between single-divorced and single-married. These findings shed on the importance of a support from spouses effecting on a difference of PsyCap of caregivers; it provides useful information for planning intervention fitting with a characteristic of these caregivers.
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ผู้ส่งบทความ (และคณะผู้วิจัยทุกคน) ตระหนักและปฎิบัติตามจริยธรรมการวิจัยอย่างเคร่งครัด ทั้งนี้บทความ เนื้อหา ข้อมูล ข้อความ ภาพ ตาราง แผนภาพ แผนผัง หรือข้อคิดเห็นใดๆ ที่ปรากฎในบทความ เป็นความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้ส่งบทความ กองบรรณาธิการไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นตามเสมอไป และไม่มีส่วนรับผิดชอบใดๆ โดยถือเป็นความรับผิดของของเจ้าของบทความเพียงผู้เดียว
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