'Why should I feel guilty? I always give my best'. Guilt in Spanish women caring for dependent relatives from a gender perspective.

The results show dynamics of self-control that seem to function as mechanisms for the women caregivers to avoid feelings of guilt, but at the price of taking on greater caring responsibilities, denying their own desires, and endangering their psychosocial health. We consider that intervention to help women reduce anticipatory guilt is essential, as these feelings put women caregivers' psychosocial health at risk.