Care Burden of Family Members Providing Care for Mentally Ill Patients and the Level of Social Support Perceived by Them

The relationship between psychiatric patients’ caregiver burden and anger expression styles

“…Moreover, informal social support systems such as family, relatives and friend supports in Turkey are strong. The literature has suggested that there is a negative relationship between social support and burden, and that the increase in social support is a factor that actually reduces caregiver's burden (Nehir Türkmen, ; Novak & Guest, ). Yet, in addition to understanding how these variables can affect caregivers’ perceptions of the caregiving process, tools specifically suited to Turkish culture need to be developed for determining the burden.…”

“…These traits have been examined by separating them into two groups, one of which includes factors regarding the patient, and the other, factors regarding the caregiver. In studies, many different variables have been examined to determine how they impact caregiver burden, and it has been seen that defining characteristics such as gender, public insurance, marital status, diagnosis, socio‐economic status, working status and level of intimacy have effect on caregiver burden (Ak et al., ; Atagün et al., ; Aydın et al., ; Kızılırmak & Küçük, ; Nehir Türkmen, ; Schulze & Rössler, ).…”

“…Analytical studies on caregivers have reported that the burden perceived by caregivers is associated with variables such as depression, anxiety, burnout, social support and quality of life (Atagün et al., ; Aydın et al., ; Gülseren et al., ; Nehir Türkmen, ; Schulze & Rössler, ; Tel & Ertekin, ; Toyoshima, Washio, Miyabayashi, Haruna, & Arai, ; Zahid & Ohaeri, ). However, in the literature review, there were no studies examining the relationship between caregiver burden and caregivers’ anger expression styles.…”