Figure 1.

Conceptual model for associations between caregiver’s depressive mood and anger and cortisol response. The star indicates the hypothesized association of interest. We consider the association of cortisol with depressive mood and anger in a high stress context of family caregiving for individuals with dementia. Model 1 considers just the hypothesized association, whereas model 2 considers this association adjusting for sources of daily variability in the care process (i.e., care-related stressors and adult day services [ADS] use).