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Journal of Clinical and
Basic Psychosomatics Psychological control, sense of benefit, and burden on caregivers

personal growth, and health behaviors . By improving avoidance of negativity, or other emotional states, they
[31]
the sense of benefit, caregivers can boost their confidence can be guided to manage and express emotions, accept the
in coping with the challenges posed by diseases, leading to negative impact of stressful events, and then help them
the experience of positive emotions. Furthermore, it can build a meaningful life and enhance their ability to cope
foster the development of beneficial psychological qualities, with pressure. Research shows that family empowerment
empowering caregivers to better manage emergencies and interventions are effective measures to enhance caregivers’
expedite their recovery and adaptation processes. self-efficacy . Motivational interviews can also improve
[36]
Therefore, in the intervention for child caregivers, we the self-efficacy level of caregivers of children, reduce
can help them recognize the protective factors of care their anxiety level, and effectively alleviate the disease of
children . Furthermore, enabling health education can
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burden and the resources brought about by traumatic
events by combing the advantageous perspective to enhance effectively alleviate caregivers’ negative psychological state
their sense of benefit and reduce their care burden. First of through positive evaluation and empowerment, improve
all, we should evaluate the benefit of caregivers in coping their self-efficacy level, enable them to understand their
own health, and foster a positive attitude in patients .
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with stressful events in a timely and effective manner.
According to their level of disease benefit, personalized 5.3. Strengthen family support and share caregiver
intervention measures should be provided to improve their pressure
level of disease benefit. Second, caregivers can be guided to
reflect positively on the disease and the caregiving process Studies have shown that many important physical,
and attach importance to cognitive reconstruction. For psychological, social, and economic problems are closely
example, caregivers can be guided to identify the positive related to family dysfunction and family relationship
[39]
aspects of the disease, attach importance to the meaning breakdown . The results of the present study reveal that
of surrounding life and feeling, and effectively use their caregivers’ caring pressure primarily originates from their
worries about the children and the family’s future. Caregivers
resources to promote the improvement of the caregiver’s
sense of benefit from the disease. Many studies have with low care burdens often receive enough support from
demonstrated that psychological interventions such the family, thereby reducing the caregiver’s caring load.
[33]
as cognitive-behavioral management , yoga , and The survey indicates that the caring pressure on a single
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mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can effectively caregiver is often higher than that on multiple caregivers
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because multiple caregivers can effectively share the pressure
improve individuals’ sense of benefit from disease.
of caregiving, providing support in terms of economy, time,
5.2. Strengthen self-efficacy and enhance the sense and energy, among other supports. On the other hand, older
of psychological control caregivers experience higher caring pressure than younger
caregivers, mainly because younger caregivers can share the
The results of the present study demonstrate that the sense caring pressure with the help of other family members. In
of psychological control, as a positive psychological quality, contrast, older caregivers tend to be single caregivers.
reflects the individual’s ability to maintain self-control and
represents good psychological resilience. As a consequence, Therefore, the family support system for family
it can effectively reduce the caregiver’s care burden. When caregivers plays an important role in reducing the stress
caregivers possess a sense of positive psychological control, of caregiving. The family support system can support the
it helps them establish good self-cognition and self- family in carrying out normal activities and help them
evaluation, encouraging individuals to take positive coping self-regulate to adapt to external environment changes and
measures to address stressful events . On the other hand, internal conflicts. Medical social workers can help clients
[35]
the presence of a negative sense of psychological control make reasonable use of the family support system, evaluate
in caregivers indicates feelings of powerlessness and the cooperative relationship among family members, and
meaninglessness, which leads the individual to employ strengthen the division of labor and cooperation among
negative coping measures when faced with stressful events. family members. For families with weak family support,
strengthening social support can be beneficial.
Therefore, attention should be paid to helping caregivers
identify and make use of their existing or potential Acknowledgments
internal and external resources, strengthen self-efficacy,
give full play to their own subjective initiative, strengthen None.
caregivers’ positive psychological control, and enhance Funding
individuals’ ability to control themselves and cope with
stressful events. If caregiver has a sense of helplessness, None.

Volume 1 Issue 2 (2023) 9 https://doi.org/10.36922/jcbp.1041