International Journal of Mental Health & PsychiatryISSN: 2471-4372

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Boladale Mapayi Author

mapayib@gmail.com

Subjects of specialization
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale-10 item; Nigerian family caregivers; Psychiatric patients; Reliability; Validity; Factor structure

Affiliation
Department of Mental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

Biography

Dr. Mapayi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, a masters degree and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. At present, she is a Senior Lecturer and consultant psychiatrist at OAU/Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife. She obtained a West African College of Physicians Fellowship in Psychiatry following her residency training at the OAU Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife. She has specialized training in REBT (Albert Ellis Institute). She is the coordinator for the annual short course on Adolescent Health in Sub Saharan Africa organized by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 

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Exploration of the Psychometric Properties and Correlates of the 10 item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale among Family Caregivers of Nigerian Patients with Psychiatric Disorder

Author(s):

Olutayo Aloba, Olayinka Ajao, Sanmi Akinsulore, Boladale Mapayi, Taiwo Alimi, Olufemi Esan

Background: Despite studies in developed countries repeatedly reporting on the positive influence of resilience on the ability of family caregivers to withstand the burden of providing care for their relatives no literature is currently available regarding the construct and the factors associated with resilience among the family caregivers of Nigerian psychiatric patients.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study in which 234 family caregiver-patient dyads were consecutively recruited over a period of 6 months from the psychiatric outpatients’ clinics of two university tea... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2471-4372.1000124

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