SOCIAL SUPPORT AND COPING OF INDONESIAN FAMILY CAREGIVERS CARING FOR PERSONS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
ABSTRACT: The aim of the study
was to examine the relationship between social support and coping of family
caregivers caring for persons with schizophrenia in West Java Province,
Indonesia.
Methods: This study used the correlational design. Eighty eight family
caregivers who cared for persons with schizophrenia were recruited from the
Outpatient Department of West Java Province Mental Hospital, West Java,
Indonesia through purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by
self-report questionnaires using the Perceived Social Support Questionnaire
(PSSQ) and the Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS). Then, data was analyzed by
descriptive and Pearson’s product-moment correlation statistic.
Results: Overall social support was perceived at a moderate level. The most
often coping methods used was optimistic optimistic, followed by self-reliant
coping, confrontative coping, and supportant coping. There were significant
positive correlation between social support and confrontative coping (r = .68,
p < .01), optimistic coping (r = .42, p < .01), and supportant coping (r
= .46, p < .01). Social support was significantly and negatively correlate
with evasive coping (r = -.52, p < .01) and fatalistic coping (r = -.41, p
< .05).
Conclusion: For nurses, providing social support including emotional,
informational, instrumental, and appraisal support were to be important for
caregiver to determine effective coping strategies.
Author: Imas Rafiyah, Wandee
Suttharangsee, Hathairat Sangchan
Journal Code: jpkeperawatangg110020