TY - JOUR A2 - Bronstein, Jeff AU - Tyler, Carmen M. AU - Henry, Richard S. AU - Perrin, Paul B. AU - Watson, Jack AU - Villaseñor, Teresita AU - Lageman, Sarah K. AU - Smith, Erin R. AU - Curiel, Genoveva Rizo AU - Avila, Judith AU - Jimenez Maldonado, Miriam E. AU - Soto-Escageda, Jose A. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/14 TI - Structural Equation Modeling of Parkinson’s Caregiver Social Support, Resilience, and Mental Health: A Strength-Based Perspective SP - 7906547 VL - 2020 AB - Only scant literature has focused on social support in Parkinson’s disease (PD) caregivers, and no studies to date have examined resilience in this population, despite both variables having been shown to be important in other caregiving populations. As a result, the purpose of the current study was to construct and validate a theoretical structural equation model whereby social support is associated with higher levels of resilience in PD caregivers and increased resilience is related to decreased mental health symptoms. Two hundred fifty three PD caregivers from two clinics in the United States and Mexico completed self-report measures of these constructs. Results suggested that the hypothesized pattern was robustly supported with the structural equation model showing generally good fit indices. Higher levels of social support were associated with increased resilience, which in turn was associated with reduced mental health symptoms. Resilience partially mediated social support’s effect on mitigating mental health symptoms. The model explained 11% of the variance in resilience and 35% in mental health symptoms. These findings have implications for future research on the development and tailoring of interventions to improve social support, resilience, and mental health in PD caregivers. SN - 2090-1852 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/7906547 DO - 10.1155/2020/7906547 JF - Neurology Research International PB - Hindawi KW - ER -