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Life satisfaction and the mediating role of character strengths and gains in informal caregivers García-Castro, F. Javier Hernández, Ana Blanca-Mena, María José Estrés (Psicología) Introduction: Being an informal caregiver can have both negative and positive consequences for well-being. Within the framework of he stress process model, few studies have examined values and perceived gains of caregiving as mediating variables of life satisfaction. Aim: To explore the role of character strengths and perceived gains as mediators in the association between life satisfaction and primary and secondary stressors in informal caregivers of persons with dementia. Method: Participants were 112 informal caregivers. Hierarchical regression, correlation and mediation analyses were performed. Results: Lower life satisfaction was associated with being female, unmarried, caring for someone with greater cognitive impairment, a higher level of stress, having restricted leisure time and perceiving financial difficulties. Hope mediated the associations between perceived stress and both life satisfaction and perceived gains of caregiving. Discussion: Hope is a key strength and its lack is one pathway through which stress may cause low satisfaction and low perceived gains from caregiving. Implications for practice: Without hope, it is difficult for caregivers to generate goals and be motivated to achieve them. Nursing and care staff should aim to promote a sense of purpose and achievement among informal caregivers so as to foster a more positive caring experience. 2021-07-14T07:16:11Z 2021-07-14T07:16:11Z 2021 2021-04-27 journal article García-Castro, F. J., Hernández, A., & Blanca, M. J. (2021). Life satisfaction and the mediating role of character strengths and gains in informal caregivers. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. http://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12764. https://hdl.handle.net/10630/22640 http://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12764 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional