Family resilience, social support, and family coherence among Jewish, Muslim, and Druze widows who lost their spouses to sudden death

Khatib, Anwar; Laufer, Avital; Finkelstein, Michal

doi:10.1080/07481187.2022.2043489

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“…Our findings also support that adequate social support promotes family resilience. Quantitative studies have found that positive social interactions are positively associated with family resilience (Khatib et al, 2022), possibly because families who reported greater support received in positive social interactions would find relief from negative emotions (Wei et al, 2022) and more resources to cope with the challenges of illness (Karadag et al, 2013). The sharing of experiences among the parents in the hospital was regarded as an essential source of support.…”

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Finding family resilience in adversity: A grounded theory of families with children diagnosed with leukaemia

Huang

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2023

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and Objectives:To develop a conceptual framework that explores the process of building family resilience among Chinese families with children diagnosed with leukaemia. Background:The diagnosis of childhood leukaemia has a devastating effect on the family. Nonetheless, some families were able to positively respond to the crisis. The process through which Chinese families bounce back has received little attention. Design: Grounded theory. Methods: This study used purposive and theoretical sampling to select 16 parents who agreed to participate in semistructured interviews after children were diagnosed with leukaemia. Data collection and analysis occurred simultaneously. Data were analysed through a process of open, axial and selective coding. The COREQ checklist was followed for reporting. Results: A core category of 'finding family resilience in adversity' was generated. The core category was underpinned by a transition process between two fluid stages: (a) Disrupting the family system, informed by subcategories of negative emotional disturbances and challenges of the diagnosis and treatment journey; (b) Cultivating resilience in families, informed by subcategories of increasing positive attitudes; establishing new family routines; activating good support systems; and practising open family communication. Conclusions: The transition process from the disruption of the family system to the cultivation of family resilience is perceived as a complex family dynamic in response to childhood leukaemia. Our findings can form the basis for further research about resilience-based family interventions that promote family well-being during the early stages of a childhood leukaemia diagnosis. Relevance to Clinical Practice: It is necessary for healthcare professionals to provide essential support for families to face the challenges of diagnosis and treatment to facilitate the successful transition to family resilience. By understanding the dynamic process of developing family resilience, healthcare professionals are able to focus on | 5161 HUANG et al.

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Finding family resilience in adversity: A grounded theory of families with children diagnosed with leukaemia

Huang

Chen

Zhang

et al. 2023

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Loss challenges, relationship challenges, global challenges, challenges of illness, challenges of fi nancial well-being -these are what our respondents wrote about, and they are the foci of most research on family resilience (most oft en each challenge is considered separately). Th us, special characteristics of family resilience have been analyzed in relation to illness in the family (Saltzman, 2016); to loss (Barboza, 2021;Khatib, 2022); confl icts in the family and divorce (Mashego, 2014;Strizzi, 2022); financial diffi culties (Kholostova, 2018;Orthner, 2004;Raniga, 2016); to global challenges, including various problems, for example, military operations, natural disaster, migration (Denoy, 2019;Mawarpury, 2017); and low income, together with potentially fatal disease (Naidoo, 2022).…”

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“…Th e connection becomes closer aft er challenges of illness, loss challenges, and global challenges. For example, recent research on family resilience in the face of loss shows that family cohesion is a key resource for family resilience (Khatib, 2022).…”

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The Resilience of Russian Families in the Face of Modern Challenges: A Pilot Study

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Background. A challenge is considered a “wake-up call” for family resilience, requiring a proper response (willingness to evaluate, understand an event and its signals, and also give an adequate response). Family resilience is defined as an adequate response to challenges, that is, the ability to cope with them based on the cultural-historical context and family resources, such as clear and open family communication and connectedness, the use of social resources, a broad system of values and senses, the ability to derive meaning from adversity, acceptance, and flexibility. Objective. This article reports on a study which aimed to analyze components of the resilience of Russian families in response to life circumstances that have become challenges for them. Design. The study was conducted from March 20 to May 7, 2022. Participants took an online survey on Yandex-forms; the link to the survey was distributed through social networks on public pages and in private messages. Two hundred seventy-four (274) representatives of Russian families responded, including 234 women and 40 men (14.6%) ranging from age 17 to 65 (cf. 34.1+12.5). After removing the data of 15 participants who did not report a negative event in their families, the final sample consisted of 259 people. Results. Challenges for modern Russian families can be categorized as loss challenges, relationship challenges, global challenges, challenges of illness, and challenges of financial well-being. The challenges of loss stimulate flexibility of response, acceptance, and overcoming suffering through mutual understanding. Global challenges and the challenges of illness awaken family spirituality. The ability to discuss problems together and share decision making becomes a resource to meet the challenge of families’ financial well-being. Confidence in solving problems and a positive outlook become resources to face relationship challenges. The intensity of events is a signal for a family to evoke communication and connectedness, acceptance, and flexibility, as well as family resilience as a whole. Conclusion. There is a connection between the difficulties that respondents regard as challenges and the characteristics of their family resilience; the most adequate response to challenges is to increase family resilience.

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Social support and family resilience among Chinese people receiving maintenance hemodialysis: A polynomial regression and response surface analysis explaining psychological resilience

Xu,

Qiu,

et al. 2024

Applied Psych Health & Well

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Psychological resilience plays an important role in overcoming emotional distress among people receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). This study aimed to investigate how social support and family resilience interact to influence psychological resilience among Chinese people receiving MHD. This was a prospective longitudinal study with three time points: baseline (T1), 3 months (T2), and 6 months (T3) later. A convenience sample of 252 participants (67.1% male; 57.6 ± 13.8 years of age) from Zhejiang Province, China, who completed baseline measures of social support, family resilience, and psychological resilience, were further assessed for psychological resilience at T2 and T3. Polynomial regression (PR) and response surface analysis (RSA) were used to analyze the data. At all time points, and in the case of agreement between social support and family resilience, the combined effect of both variables manifested as a positive linear association with psychological resilience. Instead, at baseline, and in case of disagreement, the same combined effect manifested as a negative linear relationship related to psychological resilience. The findings highlighted the importance of considering the conjoint influence of social support and family resilience when developing interventions to improve the psychological resilience of people receiving MHD.

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Family resilience, social support, and family coherence among Jewish, Muslim, and Druze widows who lost their spouses to sudden death

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

Finding family resilience in adversity: A grounded theory of families with children diagnosed with leukaemia

Finding family resilience in adversity: A grounded theory of families with children diagnosed with leukaemia

The Resilience of Russian Families in the Face of Modern Challenges: A Pilot Study

Social support and family resilience among Chinese people receiving maintenance hemodialysis: A polynomial regression and response surface analysis explaining psychological resilience

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