The Role of Family and Marital Communication in Developing Resilience to Family-of-Origin Adversity

Carr, Kristen; Kellas, Jody Koenig

doi:10.1080/15267431.2017.1369415

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“… 17 The trait and process aspects are both present when regarding resilience as “both the capacity of individuals to navigate their way to health-sustaining resources […] and a condition of the individual’s family, community and culture to provide these health resources and experiences” in the face of adversity. 18 Instead of looking at resilience as a process, or the “successful adaptation to adversity”, 19 , 20 we applied a more trait-like understanding of the concept as a point of departure for our analyses. We used the Resilience Scale for Adolescents (READ), which consists of five factors including family cohesion, personal dispositions as personal competence, social competence and structured style, and external support systems as social resources.…”

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Resilience in young people living with violence and self-harm: evidence from a Norwegian national youth survey

Huang

Mossige

2015

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The aim of this article is to explore the relationship between resilience and the psychological problems of young people who reported being victims of violence and who engaged in self-harm. We used data from a national survey conducted in 2007 asking young people in Norway (N=6,034; ages 18–19 years) about their experiences with violence during their childhood and during the past 12 months, and also about their mental health and experiences of self-harm. Our analyses revealed that resilience, as measured by the Resilience Scale for Adolescents, correlates significantly and negatively with psychological problems among all young people, and that this correlation is substantially stronger for those youths who reported violent experiences and those who engaged in self-harm.

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Resilience in young people living with violence and self-harm: evidence from a Norwegian national youth survey

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2015

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“…Amato and Booth (2001) found that reports of parent's marital conflict in 1980 predicted their children's reports of their own marital conflicts 20 years later. Although high family functioning was most strongly associated with resilience, even those that were low in optimism and efficacy were likely to be resilient as adults if they were in a supportive and close marriage (Carr, 2013).…”

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We Shall Overcome: The Association Between Family of Origin Adversity, Coming to Terms, and Relationship Quality in African Americans

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Because adverse childhood and family of origin experiences may have implications for adult relationships, it is important to understand what can help buffer potential negative effects. The current study was designed to understand the relationship between childhood family of origin adversities, coming to terms with family of origin issues and events, and adult romantic relationship quality for African Americans (N = 1613). A path analysis was conducted using data from the RELATE assessment (see www.relate-institute.org). Results indicated that, taken together, coming to terms, self-esteem, and depression likely partially mediated the relationship between family of origin adversity and adult relationship quality. Results also suggested that if African Americans were able to come to terms, they reported less depression and higher levels of self-esteem. Clinicians may find it useful to focus on assisting African American individuals in coming to terms with childhood family of origin adversity as part of treatment for depression, self-esteem issues, and adult romantic relationship problems. Additional clinical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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“…A large literature from the field of communication suggests that an open communication climate influences a myriad of outcomes such as how (a) adaptable children are to interpersonal situations (Ledbetter, 2009), (b) much interpersonal skill and confidence in communicating they possess (Schrodt et al, 2007), (c) emerging adults adjust to college (Dorrance Hall et al, 2016), and (d) motivated and able they are to seek supportive communication (High & Scharp, 2015). Balanced family functioning (operationalized by a ratio of family cohesion and flexibility) is positively associated with resilience (Carr & Koenig Kellas, 2018). Furthermore, FCPs have been linked to resilience in high school students through emotional intelligence, foreshadowing the usefulness of FCPs in understanding the development of resilience in an academic context (Sabri et al, 2015).…”

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Communicative predictors of social network resilience skills during the transition to college

Hall

Scharp

2021

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Persisting in college requires resilience for emerging adults, who must adapt to a new culture with different norms. Many also struggle with financial pressure, mental health issues, and interpersonal stressors. This longitudinal study proposes and tests a model of the communication factors that predict social network resilience skills during the transition to college. A sample of 436 first-year college students in the Mountain West region of the United States reported their family communication patterns, perceived friend and family support, communication confidence, and social network resilience skills (SNRS) at two points in time. Model testing revealed that friend support, family support, and communication confidence mediate the positive effect of conversation orientation on SNRS. Friend support mediates the positive effect of conformity orientation on SNRS. Theoretical implications for the Communication Theory of Resilience and Family Communication Patterns Theory are discussed.

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The Role of Family and Marital Communication in Developing Resilience to Family-of-Origin Adversity

Cited by 35 publications

References 40 publications

Resilience in young people living with violence and self-harm: evidence from a Norwegian national youth survey

Resilience in young people living with violence and self-harm: evidence from a Norwegian national youth survey

We Shall Overcome: The Association Between Family of Origin Adversity, Coming to Terms, and Relationship Quality in African Americans

Communicative predictors of social network resilience skills during the transition to college

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