The goal of the current study was to examine the roles of communication neglect and caregiver traits (i.e., anger and hostility) in explaining caregivers' tendency to engage in abusive behaviors - specifically, whether such tendency is likely to occur in situations where caregivers perceive older care receivers displaying cognitive impairment or problem behaviors. Two hundred fifty-five informal caregivers completed an online questionnaire via Qualtrics. Treating communication neglect as the mediator, and caregiver anger and hostility as moderators, the results suggested that caregivers who perceived their older care receivers displaying problem behaviors were more likely to engage in communication neglect, which then led to psychological abuse. Moreover, the joint effects of communication neglect and caregiver anger and hostility intensified caregivers' likelihood to commit psychological abuse. These findings provide initial evidence to further investigate the importance of communication neglect and dysfunctional behaviors such as anger and hostility in explaining psychological abuse in informal caregiving for older adults.

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沟通上的疏忽，照顾者的愤怒和敌意，以及对老年护理接受者在解释虐待老年人方面的认知状态和问题行为的感知。

当前研究的目的是研究沟通疏忽和照顾者特征（即愤怒和敌意）在解释照顾者进行虐待行为的倾向中的作用-具体来说，这种倾向是否可能发生在照顾者认为年龄较大的情况下显示认知障碍或问题行为的护理接受者。255名非正式护理人员通过Qualtrics完成了在线问卷。结果表明，将沟通疏忽视为调解人，照顾者的愤怒和敌意作为调解人，结果表明，看护者发现自己的老年护理接受者表现出问题行为，则更有可能参与沟通疏忽，从而导致心理虐待。此外，沟通疏忽和照顾者的愤怒和敌对的共同影响加剧了照顾者犯下心理虐待的可能性。这些发现提供了进一步的证据，以进一步调查沟通疏忽和功能障碍行为（例如愤怒和敌意）在解释老年人非正式护理中的心理虐待方面的重要性。