Social Skills Inventory for Caregivers of Elderly Family Members (SSI-CE): Relations with Indicators of Psycholgical Wellbeing

Author(s)

Francine Náthalie Ferraresi Rodrigues Queluz ^[1] ; Elizabeth Joan Barham ^[2] ; Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette ^[3] ; Acácia Aparecida Angeli dos Santos ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade de São Francisco - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Brasil

^[3] Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Brasil

^[4] Universidade de São Francisco - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Trends in Psychology; v. 26, n. 2, p. 537-564, 2018-06-00.

Abstract

Abstract The experience of caring for a dependent elderly person often involves feelings of stress and burden. In this context, a well-developed repertoire of social skills can improve interpersonal relationships, resulting in better psychological wellbeing. The Social Skills Inventory for Caregivers of the Elderly Family Members (SSI-CE) was developed to evaluate interventions that aim to improve caregivers' social skills. Evidence of the internal validity of the SSI-CE is positive. The objective of this study was to analyze evidence of construct validity by verifying the convergent validity of the SSI-CE, based on relations with other constructs, namely: quality of life, quality of the dyadic relationship, perceptions of burden and depressive symptoms. A total of 205 family caregivers of the elderly, with a mean age of 51 years (SD = 14), with different socioeconomic and educational levels, completed the SSI-CE, the Dyadic Relationship Scale (with two subscales: Positive Interaction and Conflicts), the Beck Depression Inventory and Novelli's Quality of Life Scale. The SSI-CE was positively correlated with quality of life and with the Positive Interactions subscale and negatively correlated with burden, depressive symptoms, conflicts. The results support the construct validity of the SSI-CE, but other evidence of validity is still needed. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/20548-6 - The social skills inventory for caregivers of elderly family members: additional psychometric studies and preparation of a manual for the application, scoring, and interpretation of results
• Grantee: Francine Náthalie Ferraresi Rodrigues Queluz
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 14/25158-9 - Analysis of the psychometric properties of an inventory of social skills for elderly family caregivers
• Grantee: Francine Náthalie Ferraresi Rodrigues Queluz
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 12/00907-3 - Construction and psychometric analysis of an inventory of social skills for caregivers of elderly relatives
• Grantee: Francine Náthalie Ferraresi Rodrigues Queluz
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate