KMAN Publication Inc. (KMANPUB) KMAN Counseling & Psychology Nexus 3041-9026 In Press 2027 01 01 Development and Validation of a Psychological Empowerment Package for Family Caregivers of Older Adults: From Qualitative Findings to Intervention Design Development and Validation of a Psychological Empowerment Package for Family Caregivers of Older Adults: From Qualitative Findings to Intervention Design 1 18 EN Journal Article 2026 07 21 <p>Given that the healthcare system relies substantially on family caregivers as the backbone of care provision, preserving caregivers’ health is of considerable importance. Considering the Iranian and Islamic cultural context, family-centered strategies are required to support family caregivers of older adults. Accordingly, the primary objective of developing the psychological empowerment package was to create an intervention program capable of strengthening family caregivers of older adults across the psychological dimensions required for caregiving and thereby promoting continuity of care for older adults. The intervention package in the present study was developed based on the Medical Research Council (MRC) framework. Accordingly, caregivers’ needs were identified through a systematic review of the literature and the collection of qualitative data from family caregivers of older adults; subsequently, the intervention protocol was developed and validated by an eight-member expert panel. The overall content validity of the package, assessed using the S-CVI/Ave, was 0.945, indicating a high level of content validity. The package consisted of five main modules and 11 submodules delivered over 15 weekly 90-minute sessions in a hybrid format, including face-to-face sessions for intervention delivery and virtual follow-up for assignments. The package was designed not merely as a simple educational program but as an intervention with the potential to evolve into an indigenous model for caregiver empowerment. Given its simultaneous emphasis on multiple dimensions, including the body, cognition, emotion, meaning, relationships, and behavior, the package can be conceptualized as a multilayered empowerment model.</p> https://www.journals.kmanpub.com/index.php/psychnexus/article/download/6472/12075