Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers

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Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Ricardo
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Pereira, M. Graça
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/30841
Resumo: Literature suggests that parental cancer can provoke aversive emotional arousal in adult children, who may perceive caregiving as a traumatic experience. Limited research has been conducted on emotional and physiological impact of family caregiving for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The aim of the present study was to examine psychological and physiological responses in parental cancer’s caregivers. Two matched groups of adult children, with 78 participants each (parental cancer vs. control), completed psychological measures of distress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and burden. Additionally, each participant visualised standardised pictures with different emotional valences, while cardiovascular (heart rate) and electrodermal responses (skin conductance) were recorded. Between-group analysis showed significant differences on all psychological variables, and on skin conductance for all types of pictures. However, for the heart rate responses, differences were found only for pictures with unpleasant emotional arousal. In the parental cancer group, the heart rate peak response stood out as a predictor of PTSD symptoms, after controlling for distress and burden. This study highlights the important role of psychophysiological measures of family caregiving in oncology. Physiological responses may explain a higher prevalence of PTSD symptoms. Therefore, biofeedback combined with targeted psychosocial interventions for relaxation could be of great clinical value for this population
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spelling Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregiversParental cancerCaregivingAdult childrenEmotionalPsychophysiological researchCiências Sociais::PsicologiaScience & TechnologyLiterature suggests that parental cancer can provoke aversive emotional arousal in adult children, who may perceive caregiving as a traumatic experience. Limited research has been conducted on emotional and physiological impact of family caregiving for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The aim of the present study was to examine psychological and physiological responses in parental cancer’s caregivers. Two matched groups of adult children, with 78 participants each (parental cancer vs. control), completed psychological measures of distress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and burden. Additionally, each participant visualised standardised pictures with different emotional valences, while cardiovascular (heart rate) and electrodermal responses (skin conductance) were recorded. Between-group analysis showed significant differences on all psychological variables, and on skin conductance for all types of pictures. However, for the heart rate responses, differences were found only for pictures with unpleasant emotional arousal. In the parental cancer group, the heart rate peak response stood out as a predictor of PTSD symptoms, after controlling for distress and burden. This study highlights the important role of psychophysiological measures of family caregiving in oncology. Physiological responses may explain a higher prevalence of PTSD symptoms. Therefore, biofeedback combined with targeted psychosocial interventions for relaxation could be of great clinical value for this populationFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)John Wiley and SonsUniversidade do MinhoTeixeira, RicardoPereira, M. Graça2014-072014-07-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/30841eng1365-235410.1111/ecc.1210223889149info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:51:22Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/30841Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:50:14.707584Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
title Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
spellingShingle Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
Teixeira, Ricardo
Parental cancer
Caregiving
Adult children
Emotional
Psychophysiological research
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Science & Technology
title_short Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
title_full Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
title_fullStr Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
title_full_unstemmed Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
title_sort Psychological morbidity and autonomic reactivity to emotional stimulus in parental cancer: a study with children caregivers
author Teixeira, Ricardo
author_facet Teixeira, Ricardo
Pereira, M. Graça
author_role author
author2 Pereira, M. Graça
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Teixeira, Ricardo
Pereira, M. Graça
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Parental cancer
Caregiving
Adult children
Emotional
Psychophysiological research
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Science & Technology
topic Parental cancer
Caregiving
Adult children
Emotional
Psychophysiological research
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
Science & Technology
description Literature suggests that parental cancer can provoke aversive emotional arousal in adult children, who may perceive caregiving as a traumatic experience. Limited research has been conducted on emotional and physiological impact of family caregiving for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. The aim of the present study was to examine psychological and physiological responses in parental cancer’s caregivers. Two matched groups of adult children, with 78 participants each (parental cancer vs. control), completed psychological measures of distress, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and burden. Additionally, each participant visualised standardised pictures with different emotional valences, while cardiovascular (heart rate) and electrodermal responses (skin conductance) were recorded. Between-group analysis showed significant differences on all psychological variables, and on skin conductance for all types of pictures. However, for the heart rate responses, differences were found only for pictures with unpleasant emotional arousal. In the parental cancer group, the heart rate peak response stood out as a predictor of PTSD symptoms, after controlling for distress and burden. This study highlights the important role of psychophysiological measures of family caregiving in oncology. Physiological responses may explain a higher prevalence of PTSD symptoms. Therefore, biofeedback combined with targeted psychosocial interventions for relaxation could be of great clinical value for this population
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