Hardiness in families of young children with asthma

Svavarsdóttir, Erla Kolbrún; Rayens, Mary Kay

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03403.x

Cited by 35 publications

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“…Poorer well-being, general health, quality of life and higher levels of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder have all been found in mothers compared to fathers (30,31,32). Thus our findings add to the growing literature supporting a gender difference in the parental impact of child chronic illness.…”

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confidence: 63%

Impact of peanut allergy on quality of life, stress and anxiety in the family

King¹,

Knibb²,

Hourihane³

2009

Allergy

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confidence: 63%

Impact of peanut allergy on quality of life, stress and anxiety in the family

King¹,

Knibb²,

Hourihane³

2009

Allergy

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297

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“…This meaning-making process allowed families to develop and maintain a positive outlook on life; they were able to take joy in and appreciate every small accomplishment, and focus on lessons learned as a result of caring for a child with autism. Svavarsdottir and Rayens (2004) conducted a cross-sectional study with families of young children with asthma to examine the effects of the parents' sense of coherence, that is, the perception of life as understandable, predictable and manageable, and the parents' well-being and family hardiness. The study also aimed to assess whether there were any cultural differences in the parents' well-being, sense of coherence and perception of family hardiness.…”

Section: Making Meaning Of Adversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Svavarsdottir and Rayens (2004), family hardiness, or positive perceptions about the situation and the expected outcome, makes families more confident to seek out resources and use them to meet the demands placed on the family. The findings relating to this search for resources will be discussed in the next section.…”

Section: A Pattern Of Communication That Emphasises and Encourages Opmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…Many of the included studies suggested that parents often lack an understanding that asthma is a chronic disease and that they do not comprehend the benefits of long-term medications (24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29). Additionally, studies highlighted that many parents have a poor understanding of medications and how they work and often fail to use medications and devices correctly (30)(31)(32).…”

Section: Parents/carersmentioning

confidence: 99%