Religious coping and psychological well‐being in Latino Alzheimer's caregivers

Objectives Prior research has demonstrated the benefits of religion on caregiver well‐being; however, less research exists on the processes underlying this relationship, particularly in Latino Alzheimer's disease (AD) families. This study's aim was therefore to explore the direct and indirect influences of positive religious coping (RC‐P) and negative religious coping (RC‐N) on caregivers' experiences of depression and anxiety. Methods The data are from the Circulo de Cuidado Study baseline interviews; participant eligibility criteria were that the person identifies as being Latino, providing at least 5 h of care weekly, and their relative has an AD diagnosis and neuropsychiatric symptoms. In person at‐home interviews were conducted in Spanish with 67 caregivers. Religious coping was assessed with the Brief RCOPE; depression and anxiety were measured with the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale‐Spanish version and State Anxiety Inventory. Multivariate regression analyses, controlling for caregiving stressors, were used to test our core hypotheses. Results As hypothesized, RC‐N had significant direct effect on depression (p