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Subjective social class exerts a potential protective effect against caregiver burden through the serial mediation of perceived and actual social resources among unpaid female caregivers. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine the relationship between social class and caregiver burden among unpaid female informal caregivers and assess the potential mediating role of perceived and actual social resources.

September 8, 2026Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Social Class, Social Resources, and Caregiver Burden: A Multiple Serial Mediation in Unpaid Informal Female Caregivers of Older Relatives in Santiago, Chile

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MFM.Beatriz Fernández-Lorca FRFrancisca Ortiz Ruiz

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Cross-sectional study reveals indirect protective effects on caregiver burden in female informal caregivers, highlighting the mediating role of perceived and actual social resources.

Key Points

To examine the relationship between social class and caregiver burden among unpaid female informal caregivers and assess the potential mediating role of perceived and actual social resources.
Analyzed data from unpaid female caregivers aged 35 to 65 years caring for older relatives in Santiago, Chile.
Conducted a multiple serial mediation model using bootstrap estimation to assess direct, indirect, and total effects of subjective social class and social resources on caregiver burden.
Caregiver burden was significantly associated with subjective social class indicators as well as perceived and actual social resources.
Mediation analysis revealed no direct or total effect of social class on caregiver burden, but demonstrated a significant total indirect effect and marginal serial mediation via perceived and actual resources.

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Fernández-Lorca et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd79b58e84d0ff5b46642 https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2026.2729364

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September 8, 2026Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Social Class, Social Resources, and Caregiver Burden: A Multiple Serial Mediation in Unpaid Informal Female Caregivers of Older Relatives in Santiago, Chile

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Authors

MFM.Beatriz Fernández-Lorca FRFrancisca Ortiz Ruiz

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Overview

Cross-sectional study reveals indirect protective effects on caregiver burden in female informal caregivers, highlighting the mediating role of perceived and actual social resources.

Key Points

To examine the relationship between social class and caregiver burden among unpaid female informal caregivers and assess the potential mediating role of perceived and actual social resources.
Analyzed data from unpaid female caregivers aged 35 to 65 years caring for older relatives in Santiago, Chile.
Conducted a multiple serial mediation model using bootstrap estimation to assess direct, indirect, and total effects of subjective social class and social resources on caregiver burden.
Caregiver burden was significantly associated with subjective social class indicators as well as perceived and actual social resources.
Mediation analysis revealed no direct or total effect of social class on caregiver burden, but demonstrated a significant total indirect effect and marginal serial mediation via perceived and actual resources.

Cite This Study

Fernández-Lorca et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd79b58e84d0ff5b46642 https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2026.2729364

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