The relationship between family resiliency factors and caregiver-perceived duration of untreated psychosis in persons with first-episode psychosis

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

“…Van Riper showed that all subscales of the FIRM (except for the extended family, social support with 0.65) had Cronbach's alpha coefficient score of more than 0.80 [21]. The test-retest results indicated that the FIRM was a well-established instrument during the time, parallel with other studies [4]. It can be concluded that despite the lack of studies in this area, it seems that the FIRM has a good theoretical base for family studies.…”

“…In this study the sample size was calculated to be 100 participants based on related studies [4] and by the statistical formula ( α = 0.05, d = 2); due to attrition risk, 120 participants were calculated. By convenience sampling from January to April 2016, 120 family caregivers of cancer patients referred to chemotherapy to the outpatient oncology wards of five educational hospitals affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran were studied.…”

“…This model shows that, in unpredictable events in the family system, when family resources are insufficient in handling the demands and recovering of family adaptation, crisis occurs. 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].…”

Resilience research in schizophrenia

“…In addition, internal and environmental resources including self-pacing and support from others were described as mechanisms of 'harnessing resilience'. The importance of both internal and external factors was also highlighted in a study by Mo'tamedi et al [15], which investigated first-episode psychosis patients and their families. Family resiliency factors, including psychological, social, and community resources, as well as problem solving and behavioural strategies were associated with patients' duration of untreated psychosis.…”

ANCORAGEM – Um programa de psicoeducação para familiares de doentes com esquizofrenia

“…Assim, a psicoeducação tem-se revelado eficaz no apoio a familiares de doentes com esquizofrenia, especialmente no aumento da resiliência e qualidade de vida destas famílias, bem como na diminuição de recaídas dos doentes (Bäuml, Froböse, Kraemer, Rentrop, & Pitschel-Walz, 2006;Caqueo-Urízar et al, 2014;McFarlane et al, 2003;Mino, Shimodera, & Inoue, 2007;Mo'tamedi et al, 2014;Pitschel-Walz et al, 2007).…”