Operationalizing Family Resilience as Process: Proposed Methodological Strategies

DeHaan, Laura; Hawley, Dale R.; Deal, James E.

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“…Resilient families are those that adapt well and are able to regain or surpass their pre-crisis level of functioning in the long run (DeHaan, Hawley, & Deal, 2002).…”

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Resilience in families of children with developmental disabilities.

Greeff¹,

Nolting²

2013

Families, Systems, & Health

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DeclarationBy submitting this dissertation electronically, I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own, original work, that I am the owner of the copyright thereof (unless to the extent explicitly otherwise stated) and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification. First and foremost, I would like to thank the families that agreed to participate in this study.Without their input this study would not have been possible.Thank you also to Mr Davis, the principal of the Dorothea School in Cloetesville, for his help in identifying families meeting the selection criteria and for facilitating my contact with these families.A big thank you to my supervisor, Professor Abraham Greeff, for his ongoing patience, support and encouragement, not to mention all his valuable input regarding the research design, the implementation thereof and ultimately, the writing of this document.Thank you to Professor Martin Kidd for conducting the statistical analyses of the data, and for patiently explaining away any uncertainties.To my siblings and all my friends, thank you for the emotional and practical support provided.And last, but definitely not least, a big thank you to my wonderful parents. Thank you for your continuing and unconditional love and support, and for believing in me even when I didn't. I couldn't have done it without you! iv SUMMARY Family resilience refers to the family's ability to overcome adversity using inherent and/or acquired strengths and resources. The aim of this study was to identify factors contributing to the successful adaptation, or resilience, of families following the birth or diagnosis of a child with a developmental disability. The study is based on the theoretical frameworks of family resilience proposed by and Walsh (2003) Quantitative data was analysed through analyses of variance, Pearson product-moment correlations and a multiple regression analysis. The qualitative data was analysed using thematic content analysis. These analyses revealed that an acceptance of the situation, positive patterns of family communication, commitment and support within the family unit, and a positive attitude with regard to new experiences and challenges facilitate family adaptation and resilience, while negative patterns of communication within the family were found to be inversely related to family adaptation. An inverse association was also found between age of the child with a disability and family adaptation. These findings suggest some possible avenues of intervention by which the adaptation of families with a child with a developmental disability in South Africa can be facilitated or supported. v OPSOMMING Gesinsveerkragtigheid verwys na die gesin se vermoë om terugslae en teenspoed te oorkom deur die gebruik van bestaande en aangeleerde sterktes en hulpbronne. Die doel van die huidige studie was om kwaliteite te identifiseer wat tot die aanpassing, en dus veerkragtigheid, van gesinne met 'n kind met 'n ontwikkelingsgestremdheid bydra...

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“…Resilient families are those that adapt well and are able to regain or surpass their pre-crisis level of functioning in the long run (DeHaan, Hawley, & Deal, 2002).…”

Section: Definitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience in families of children with developmental disabilities.

Greeff¹,

Nolting²

2013

Families, Systems, & Health

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“…The study of family resilience is carried out in families that have experienced difficulties and crisis situations. Studies have concerned families with autistic children (Bayat, 2007;Cripe, 2013;Plumb, 2011;Simelane, 2015;Teixeira, 2015), stepfamilies (Coleman, Ganong, & Russell, 2013), families that have experienced losses (Boss, 2013;Greeff & Human, 2013), and families with children with severe disabilities (Hartshorne, Schafer, Stratton, & Nacarto, 2013). In assessing the level of family resilience the seriousness of the difficult events faced by the family should be taken into account (Walsh, 2006;.…”

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“…Family resilience is a construct that refers to emergency situations, adverse circumstances, and prolonged stress, which allows the family to survive, cope, and grow after a crisis (Walsh, 2002;2006). DeHaan, Hawley, Deal (2013) studied the resilience of a family at three time points -before the crisis, during the crisis and after the crisis -which allowed examination of individual paths of family resilience. Family resilience is a construct that refers to a crisis or difficult situations, normative transitions (Walsh, 2006;2016) and the stressors of everyday life (Patterson, 2002).…”

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“…It is important to observe the resilience both now and in the long term, and take into account its particular stressors, protective factors and risks (DeHaan, Hawley, & Deal, 2013). Assessment of the family resilience should include a family history of the struggle, the type of stressor, the response to a stressor, varied family structures, and the social, economic and cultural context (Walsh, 2003;2006;.…”

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“…Research of the FRAS has included families with a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (see : Plumb, 2011;Cripe, 2013;Teixeira, 2015;Simelane, 2015), in the area of youth suicide (see : Seo & Jung, 2013), among vocational rehabilitation clients (see : Openshaw, 2011), in the area of parentadolescent communication (see: Suk-Ja & Hee-Jeong, 2013) and in the area of art therapy (see : Rahimian, Zadech, Mohammadi, & Pakdaman, 2015).…”

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Family resilience – definition of construct and preliminary results of the Polish adaptation of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS)

Nadrowska¹,

Błażek²,

Lewandowska-Walter³

2017

Current Issues in Personality Psychology

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Background The article describes construct of family resilience with the main focus on the model Walsh. The aim of this article is to present preliminary results: adaptation, reliability, statistical analyses of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS) for the Polish population. Participants and procedure Participants (n = 329), aged 18-35, completed experimental Polish version of the FRAS (SPR – Skala Prężności Rodzinnej). In the procedure of adaptation, scale was translated and modified into Polish. Scale consists of the following subscales: Family Communication and Problem Solving, Utilizing Social and Economic Resources, Maintaining a Positive Outlook, Family Connectedness, Family Spirituality and Ability to Make Meaning of Adversity. Results The reliability of the experimental Polish version of the FRAS for the entire scale and five subscales are satisfactory. Only subscale Ability to Make Meaning of Adversity obtained reliability of less than 0.7. Taking into account the diversity of gender and declaring the passage through the difficult events were observed significant differences in the three scales: Family Communication and Problem Solving, Family Connectedness, Ability to Make Meaning of Adversity and total scale of FRAS. Conclusions The work on the questionnaire is still in progress and the results presented here should be considered as preliminary. In the next steps, the number of men should be increased in order to perform confirmatory factor analysis. Future studies should take into account a number of factors and contexts (e.g. family structure, social and cultural context and the type of stressful event).

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Family Resilience

Coyle

2016

Encyclopedia of Family Studies

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Family resilience is a dynamic process in which families successfully cope with or adapt to adverse events or conditions that place them at risk for poor outcomes. This occurs when families use family, individual, and community resources that compensate for or assist in the recovery from adverse events to achieve positive outcomes. Research has examined the impact of common risk factors, for example, physical or mental illness, disability, substance abuse, normative transitions, and disasters, and the benefits from protective factors such as positive family functioning, spiritual beliefs, or supportive resources outside the family. Family resilience‐based treatment approaches assess interactions between risk factors and available protective factors and focus on interventions that enhance protective factors.

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Operationalizing Family Resilience as Process: Proposed Methodological Strategies

Cited by 30 publications

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Resilience in families of children with developmental disabilities.

Resilience in families of children with developmental disabilities.

Family resilience – definition of construct and preliminary results of the Polish adaptation of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale (FRAS)

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