An Investigation of the Role of Stress in affecting the Cognitive functioning and Psychological Adjustment of Caregivers of Children with Thalassemia

To examine the role of stress in affecting the cognitive functioning and psychological adjustment of caregivers of children with thalassemia. It was a Cross-sectional observational study. The stress, cognitive functioning, and psychological adjustment were measured by using the Perceived Stress Scale, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and the Scale of Adjustment for Adults, respectively. Other necessary information was asked on the demographic sheet. The data of 200 caregivers of the children with thalassemia was confirmed by using analysis of Structural Equation Modeling, and the model fit was confirmed with the p-value of .004. It established that stress predicts the cognitive functioning and psychological adjustment of caregivers of the children with Thalassemia whereas inspecting the relationship among the variables individually, the stress predicts cognitive functioning with the regression estimates of -0.216 with a p-value, .000 which specifies that if stress increases by 1 unit the cognitive functioning lower down to 0.216. While the role of stress in affecting psychological adjustment had regression estimates of 2.276, which implies that if stress increases by 1 unit, the increase in psychological adjustment problems is by 2.276 (p-value, .000). There was a role of stress in affecting the cognitive functioning and psychological adjustment of caregivers of the children with thalassemia.