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Anitha, M., and N. V. Amudhadevi
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore
The current study aims to examine sleep quality as a mediating factor in the relationship
between stress and quality of life of caregivers of children with disabilities. 219 participants
of this study were the caregivers of children with disabilities. Data was collected from
the participants using The Kingston Caregiver Stress Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality
Index and the Flanagan’s Quality-of-Life Scale. Structural Equation Modelling revealed
a fit model and also pointed out that sleep quality partially mediated the otherwise
negative relationship between stress and quality of life of caregivers of disabled children