Family Resilience in the Context of High-Risk Situations

Lietz, Cynthia A.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3917-2_10

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“…Findings related to family functioning are consistent with the family resilience literature as they suggest some families are able to cope effectively and even grow stronger with this devastating loss while others continue to struggle (Lietz, 2012;Walsh, 2002). Although the death of a child represents one of the most painful experiences a family can have, this study demonstrates variability in functioning.…”

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A Parent's Tears: Primary Results from the Traumatic Experiences and Resiliency Study

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This study examined health/mental health status, family functioning, and resiliency among a sample of bereaved parents (N = 503). Participants were recruited from an online support community to complete an online survey instrument (response rate = 51.75%). The questionnaire contained an array of self-report instruments, such as the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25 (HSCL-25), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), and the Family Assessment Device (FAD), as well as open-ended questions. Many respondents scored over the clinical cut-off for the HSCL-25 (51.3%, n = 258) and IES-R (42.3%, n = 213). IES-R scores were negatively correlated with years-since loss (r = -0.24, p < .05). In narrative responses, participants described a wide range of deeply impactful mental and physical health problems. The results indicate significant clinical distress in this sample of bereaved parents, with many reporting enduring psychological, familial, and health consequences following the death of a child.

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“…Most studies are based on qualitative or mixed methods and grounded in the previously described conceptual frameworks. Most studies, to date, examine family processes in dealing with a particular type of adversity within the family, such as serious illness (Kazak, 2006), developmental disabilities (Greeff & Nolting, 2013), the death of a child or parent (Greeff & Joubert, 2007;Greeff, Vansteenwegen, & Herbiest, 2011), divorce (Greene et al, 2012), stepfamilies (Coleman, Ganong, & Russell, 2013), foster care (Lietz, Julien-Chinn, Geiger, & Hayes Piel, 2016), and family reunification (e.g., Lietz, 2013). Increasing attention is being directed to family resilience in conditions of extreme poverty, community disasters (Knowles, Sasser, & Garrison, 2010), and war and terrorism (MacDermid, 2010;Saltzman et al, 2016) and with refugees, forced migration, and populations in war-torn regions (Rolland & Weine, 2000;Weine et al, 2005).…”

Section: Advances and Challenges In Family Resilience Researchmentioning

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Family Resilience

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2021

Multisystemic Resilience

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This chapter presents an overview of the concept of family resilience, grounded in a multilevel systems orientation. The concept of family resilience refers to the capacity of the family as a functional system in overcoming significant life challenges. Highly stressful events and social contexts impact the whole family, and in turn, family processes facilitate the adaptation of all members, their relationships, and the family unit. A research-informed map of key processes in family resilience is outlined. Given the contextual contingency of the concept of resilience, process elements and pathways in resilience may vary with different adverse situations over time; diverse family cultures, structures, and resources; and salient socioeconomic and developmental influences. The broad application of a family resilience framework in clinical and community-based intervention and prevention is discussed and illustrated. Research challenges and recommendations are offered, emphasizing the value of mixed-method, multidisciplinary, and multilevel approaches.

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“…Increasing research attention is being directed to family resilience in conditions of extreme poverty and collective trauma in major disasters, war, terror attacks, and forced migration (e.g., Hernandez, ; Knowles, Sasser, & Garrison, ; MacDermid, ; see also Hernandez, Gangsei, & Engstrom on vicarious resilience for practitioners). Only a few research programs have tracked pathways over time in family resilience, incorporating a developmental perspective (e.g., Lietz ; and the intervention research by the UCLA/Harvard team led by Saltzman [Saltzman et al., ; see Lietz, Julien‐Chinn, Geiger, & Hayes Piel, ; Saltzman, ; and Saltzman, Lester, Milburn, Woodward, & Strin, ; in this Special Section]). (A full review of the research literature on family resilience is beyond the scope of this paper; for numerous examples see Walsh, .…”

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Applying a Family Resilience Framework in Training, Practice, and Research: Mastering the Art of the Possible

2016

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With growing interest in systemic views of human resilience, this article updates and clarifies our understanding of the concept of resilience as involving multilevel dynamic processes over time. Family resilience refers to the functioning of the family system in dealing with adversity: Assessment and intervention focus on the family impact of stressful life challenges and the family processes that foster positive adaptation for the family unit and all members. The application of a family resilience framework is discussed and illustrated in clinical and community-based training and practice. Use of the author's research-informed map of core processes in family resilience is briefly noted, highlighting the recursive and synergistic influences of transactional processes within families and with their social environment. Given the inherently contextual nature of the construct of resilience, varied process elements may be more or less useful, depending on different adverse situations over time, with a major crisis; disruptive transitions; or chronic multistress conditions. This perspective is attuned to the diversity of family cultures and structures, their resources and constraints, socio-cultural and developmental influences, and the viability of varied pathways in resilience.

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Family Resilience in the Context of High-Risk Situations

Cited by 14 publications

References 54 publications

A Parent's Tears: Primary Results from the Traumatic Experiences and Resiliency Study

A Parent's Tears: Primary Results from the Traumatic Experiences and Resiliency Study

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Applying a Family Resilience Framework in Training, Practice, and Research: Mastering the Art of the Possible

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