Evaluation of the Stress Adjustment and Adaptation Model Among Families Reporting Economic Pressure

Factors associated with family resilience during pregnancy among inner-city women

“…Although the FHI has not been used in studies with pregnant or post-partum women, it has been used in studies involving families living in poverty (Vandsburger and Biggerstaff, 2004), immigrant families (Greeff and Holtzkamp, 2007), and economically disadvantaged women (Vandsburger et al, 2008). The FHI has an internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha) score of .82 (McCubbin and Thompson, 1987).…”

Family Hardiness and Parent and Family Functioning in Households with Children Experiencing Adverse Life Conditions: a Meta-Analysis

“…A host of child, parent, family, and external family factors have been found to influence family adaptation to adverse life events and experiences (e.g., Long & Marsland, 2011;Olsson, 2008;Slone et al, 2009). Family hardiness is one factor that is hypothesized to mitigate the negative effects of adverse child and family life events and conditions (McCubbin & McCubbin, 1988;Vandsburger & Biggerstaff, 2004) and promote and enhance positive parent and family functioning (Trivette et al, 2010). These hypothesized relationships were empirically evaluated by determining if family hardiness had stress-buffering and healthpromoting effects on different dimensions of parent and family functioning in households with children experiencing different adverse life conditions.…”

A Deeper Look at the Social Support Index: A Multi-Dimensional Assessment

“…Research suggests that families with access to social networks that provide opportunities to transfer, tangible or intangible resources are able to overcome challenges and setbacks in ways that other, socially isolated families, cannot. As such, studies have shown that access to social support predicts a number of protective factors such as economic mobility (Neenan and Orthner, 1996;Orthner, Jones-Sanpei and Williamson, 2004), improved family functioning and closeness (Vandsburger & Biggerstaff, 2004;Greeff, Vansteenwegen, & Ide, 2006;Greeff & DuToit, 2009) and increased mental health (Batinic, Trajkovic, Duisin, & Nikolic-Balkoski, 2009). …”