Stress
How do you measure hardiness in AD caregivers?
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Among 435 Iranian AD family caregivers, the new FCHS showed five factors explaining 58.72% variance with acceptable CFA fit and reliability.
Study at a glance
- Design
- Cross-sectional — Sequential-exploratory mixed-method scale development (qual items + EFA/CFA psychometrics)
- N
- N=435 · Family caregivers in psychometric step; mean age 50.26
- Population
- Iranian family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s disease
- Outcome
- Validity/reliability of Family Caregivers’ Hardiness Scale (FCHS)
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Key findings
Five factors (religious coping, self-management, empathic communication, family affective commitment, purposeful interaction); good CFA fit and acceptable reliability/stability.
Methodology
Clarified hardiness via content analysis, then tested face/content validity and EFA/CFA psychometrics on an online caregiver sample.
Limitations
Scale validation in one cultural sample does not prove intervention effects of raising hardiness scores.
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