Portuguese Validation of FACES-IV in Adult Children Caregivers Facing Parental Cancer

Pereira, M. Graça; Teixeira, Ricardo João

doi:10.1007/s10591-012-9216-4

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“…In the original study, the internal consistency was .90 (test–retest .86), and evidence has been offered for the content, predictive, concurrent, and discriminant validity of the measure. 42,43 This measure showed good reliability in this sample, with a Cronbach's alpha of .90 for both the survivors and partners.…”

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Gender and Role Differences in Couples’ Communication During Cancer Survivorship

2015

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Background Individuals with cancer and their partners often experience communication difficulties. However, questions still remain regarding the influence of gender and role in cancer survivor-partner communication within couples. Objective The current study intended to examine the communication patterns in breast, colorectal, and prostate cancer survivor-partner couples during cancer survivorship and whether gender and role differences in couples communication exist. Methods The dominant-less dominant methods of sequential mixed design was utilized. Ten couples who were recruited from the University Hospital registry in Cleveland, Ohio participated in both mail surveys and individual interviews. Family and cancer-related communication was assessed in the quantitative phase. Results Both male survivors and partners demonstrated better family communication scores compared to their female counterparts, whereas there were no gender differences in the cancer-related communication scores. In the qualitative phase, 3 major themes were identified: 1) selective sharing of cancer-related issues, 2) initiation of cancer-related communication, and 3) emotional reaction in communication. The patterns associated with these themes differed between the male survivor-female partner and female survivor-male partner couples. Conclusions This study provides new knowledge about family and cancer-related communication. Our findings highlight the importance of understanding different perspectives in the quality of communication by gender and role. Implications for Practice Exploring couples' communication patterns by gender and role stimulates the research and the development of effective consumer-centered communication interventions. The findings provide assessment tools to inform dyadic communication patterns for clinical and scientific purposes.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 79%

Gender and Role Differences in Couples’ Communication During Cancer Survivorship

2015

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“…The Circumplex Model has also been utilized to assess families dealing with physical health difficulties. Pereira and Teixeira () found FACES IV to be valid when assessing Portuguese families with parents having cancer. Their study found that in a parental cancer situation, adult children caregivers with lower educational levels seemed to have more problems dealing with unbalanced systems (i.e., enmeshed and chaotic).…”

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Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems: An Update

Olson

Waldvogel²,

Schlieff³

2019

J of Family Theo & Revie

122

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This article provides an overview of the Circumplex Model and how it was developed and describes the three major dimensions (cohesion, flexibility, and communication) and how they were used to create the model. There are three major hypotheses and two assessments (FACES IV and the Clinical Rating Scale) used to test the hypotheses. The model is useful for describing couple and family systems and for plotting how they change over time. The model is also used to describe other systems such as parenting and classroom settings. Personal use of the model is described and future directions and challenges for the model presented.

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“…During a crisis, the family system should plan for recovering of the situation by making basic changes in the established patterns of functioning and management of the internal and external resources [4]. According to the Resiliency Model, cancer diagnosis and care management of the patient within the family create a situational crisis in the family system [5, 6]. As a consequence, the management of the family resources and the process of family adaptation are required throughout life's challenges [7].…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Family Inventory of Resources for Management in a Sample of Iranian Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients

Mirsoleymani

Rohani

Matbouei

et al. 2016

Nursing Research and Practice

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Objective. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Family Inventory of Resources for Management (FIRM) in a sample of family caregivers of cancer patients. Methods. In this methodological study, construct validity of the FIRM was evaluated by known groups and convergent validity in a convenience sample of family caregivers of cancer patients (n = 104) referred to the outpatient oncology wards of five educational hospitals in Tehran from January to April 2016. Reliability was determined by assessing the internal consistency and stability of the instrument. Results. The known-groups findings showed that there is a significant difference between the scores of the FIRM in family caregivers with different levels of caregiver burden (p < 0.001). Also, the results of convergent validity showed that there is a moderate negative correlation (r = −0.50; p < 0.001) between the total scores of the FIRM and the scores of the caregiver burden inventory (CBI). The FIRM showed a good internal consistency (α = 0.85) and a good stability of the test-retest reliability result. Conclusions. There is a sound psychometric basis for the use of the Persian translation of the FIRM for family studies in the Iranian population.

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Portuguese Validation of FACES-IV in Adult Children Caregivers Facing Parental Cancer

Cited by 25 publications

References 43 publications

Gender and Role Differences in Couples’ Communication During Cancer Survivorship

Gender and Role Differences in Couples’ Communication During Cancer Survivorship

Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems: An Update

Psychometric Properties of the Family Inventory of Resources for Management in a Sample of Iranian Family Caregivers of Cancer Patients

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