As a part of the SCOHPICA (Swiss COhort of Health Professionals and Informal CAregivers) cohort symposium series, we are pleased to invite you to the conference presented by
MICHAEL D. KRÄMER
Senior teaching and research assistant, University of Zurich, Department of Psychology, Individual
Differences and Assessment
April 10 2025
12H30 – 13H30 – VIRTUAL FORMAT
Informal caregiving provides societally important healthcare functions but can take a toll on
caregivers. However, little is known about psychological effects of informal caregiving and their
specific temporal trajectories. Here, we focused on personality traits and well-being and examined
selection (who becomes a caregiver?) and socialization effects (how do caregivers change over
time?). We used longitudinal data from Dutch, German, and Australian representative panel
studies to examine selection and socialization effects of caregivers’ Big Five personality traits and
five well-being aspects. With increasing time spent on informal caregiving, caregivers increased in
neuroticism in two of the three studies and, on the item-level, tended to become less lazy, more
considerate, and more worried. Well-being decreased relatively consistently over the transition
to caregiving and as caregivers intensified their time investment. We did not find robust
moderation effects of gender and the caregiving context (care tasks, relationship with care
recipient, and fulltime employment). We discuss theoretical and practical implications for
personality development and ways to advance research into psychological antecedents and
consequences of informal caregiving.
Langue: anglais
Recommandé par la Société Suisse des Spécialités en prévention et santé publique (SPHD) pour la reconnaissance de la formation continue.
La présentation Power Point est disponible ici
La vidéo est disponible ici
