Evaluating the relationship between family resilience and grief-related symptoms: A preliminary analysis

Barboza, Jessica; Seedall, Ryan B.

doi:10.1080/07481187.2021.1993381

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“…A three-factor solution similar to the Polish adaptation was obtained in the mid-South state of the US [ 40 ], China [ 38 ], Italy [ 36 ], and in research on bereaved families [ 43 ]. However, in the studies of participants from Iran [ 37 ], Iraq, and Algeria [ 39 ], a nine-factor model was achieved.…”

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“…The Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire has been adapted to the culture of Italy [ 36 ], Iran [ 37 ], China [ 38 ], Algeria, and Iraq [ 39 ], and people from a mid-South state of the US [ 40 ]. The questionnaire has so far been used, among others, in the study of autistic children [ 41 ], household disasters [ 42 ], bereavement [ 43 ], breast cancer patients [ 44 ], and families from various countries, such as Indonesia [ 45 ].…”

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Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire—Polish Adaptation (WFRQ-PL)

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Family resilience is a construct based on interactive processes occurring in the family, enabling the family to effectively overcome everyday stressors, as well as developmental and unpredictable crises. By observing how the family deals with difficulties using family resilience processes, we are able to support both parents and protect children against the harmful effects of unfavourable conditions. The aim of our research was to carry out the procedure of adaptation to the Polish language and culture of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire. In this study, 930 Poles participated (72.5% women), aged from 18 to 63 (M = 26.94, SD = 9.8). They filled in the questionnaire online. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the model with three factors: belief system, organisational processes, and communication processes. The model indicators were found to be well suited to the data: χ2/df = 1.12, RMSEA = 0.01, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.99, SRMR = 0.04. The reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) of the scales was also satisfactory (0.94 for the belief systems, 0.86 for the organisational processes, and 0.94 for the communication processes). Tool validation with FRAS-PL scales showed convergence. We named the Polish version of the WFRQ Questionnaire Kwestionariusz Prężności Rodzinnej Walsh (WFRQ-PL) and found it to be a good tool for assessing the processes of family resilience in our country.

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Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire—Polish Adaptation (WFRQ-PL)

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Lewandowska-Walter

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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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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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