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Improving Caregiver Coping Resources, Reducing Burden, and Promoting Well-Being: Emotional Freedom Technique

Horton-Garcia, S.R. · Doctoral dissertation, Grand Canyon University (ProQuest Dissertations Publishing) · 2025

Outcome studyPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United States
In plain English. A doctoral researcher studied whether teaching family caregivers to tap could ease their burden and build coping skills and well-being. We could confirm this dissertation exists and what it set out to test, but not the actual before-and-after results, since the full document wasn't accessible — so this entry is a design-confirmed placeholder rather than a verified outcome.

What they found

A doctoral dissertation examined whether an EFT intervention could improve coping resources, reduce burden, and promote well-being among family caregivers; the citation is confirmed via the ACEP research bibliography, but sample size, exact instruments, and numeric results were not accessible outside the full ProQuest document.

How the study worked

Who took partfamily caregivers, targeting coping resources, caregiver burden, and psychological well-being
What they didParticipants received tapping and were measured before and after, without a separate comparison group.
Measured withcaregiver burden measure, well-being/coping measure (specific instruments not confirmed)

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DesignOutcome study
Populationfamily caregivers, targeting coping resources, caregiver burden, and psychological well-being
Outcome measurescaregiver burden measure, well-being/coping measure (specific instruments not confirmed)
JournalDoctoral dissertation, Grand Canyon University (ProQuest Dissertations Publishing)
Year2025
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeDissertation
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Horton-Garcia, S.R. (2025). Improving Caregiver Coping Resources, Reducing Burden, and Promoting Well-Being: Emotional Freedom Technique. Doctoral dissertation, Grand Canyon University (ProQuest Dissertations Publishing).

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Burnout & Work Stress ✓ Outcome study WHAT THEY FOUND A doctoral dissertation examined whether anEFT intervention could improve copingresources, reduce burden, and… Outcome study Horton-Garcia · 2025 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com