Effects of Self-esteem, Optimism, and Perceived Control on Depressive Symptoms in Stroke Survivor-Spouse Dyads.

CONCLUSION:: We found significant partner effects of self-esteem on depression for both members and partner effect of optimism on patient's depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that further research is needed to determine if dyadic interventions may help to improve self-esteem, optimism, and depressive symptoms in both patients and their caregivers. PMID: 25658182 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - February 5, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Chung ML, Bakas T, Plue LD, Williams LS Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research