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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Blunted Electrodermal and Psychological Response to Acute Stress in Family Caregivers of People with Eating Disorders.
Nicolás Ruiz-robledilloÁNgel Romero-martínezLuis Moya-albiolsubject
AdultMaleParents050103 clinical psychologyLinguistics and Languagemedicine.medical_specialtyOffspringLanguage and LinguisticsFeeding and Eating Disorders03 medical and health sciencesSocial support0302 clinical medicinemedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesChronic stressPsychiatryGeneral PsychologyFamily caregivers05 social sciencesPsychosomatic medicineGalvanic Skin ResponseMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseDistressEating disordersPsychophysiologyCaregiversFemalePsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryStress Psychologicaldescription
AbstractCaring for an offspring with an eating disorder (ED) is associated with high levels of distress, and health problems. Indeed, ED caregivers have to cope with a range of challenges related to their caring role, which represents a chronic stress situation. This tends to alter body homeostasis and caregivers’ health status. This study aimed to analyse the electrodermal reactivity and psychological response to acute stress in ED caregivers compared to non-caregivers. As expected, caregivers showed lower electrodermal (p < .001, η2partial = .269 for SCL and p < .01, η2partial = .214 for NSCRs) and psychological response (p < .05, η2partial = .198) to acute stress than non-caregivers. The findings suggest the existence of physiological adaptation to chronic stress in family caregivers of people with EDs.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2016-05-11 | The Spanish journal of psychology |