Differences On Psychosocial Outcomes Between Male And Female Caregivers Of Children With Life-limiting Illnesses
Parent-child Relations; Adaptation Psychological; Adult; Aged; Caregivers/ Psychology; Child; Chronic Disease; Cost Of Illness; Fathers/ Psychology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mothers/ Psychology; Palliative Care/ Psychology; Sex Factors; Stress Psychological/psychology; Young Adult
This secondary analysis of data examined the psychosocial outcomes of meaning in caregiving, self-esteem, optimism, burden, depression, spirituality, and posttraumatic growth in 273 parents caring for children with life-limiting illnesses to (a) determine if there were gender differences and (b) identify gender-specific correlations among these outcomes. Findings suggest that significant gender differences exist. Women reported higher average scores compared with men for meaning in caregiving, depression, burden, and posttraumatic growth and lower average scores for optimism. Correlations also revealed some significant differences. Health care professionals need to be aware of gender differences and tailor their interventions appropriately.
Schneider M; Steele R; Cadell S; Hemsworth D
Journal Of Pediatric Nursing
2011
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<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2010.01.007" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1016/j.pedn.2010.01.007</a>
Losing Thomas & Ella: A Father's Story (A Research Comic)
Graphic Novels as Topic; Grief; perinatal death; stillbirth; Comics-based research; Death; Fathers; Fathers/ psychology; Grief; Humans; Male; Narration; Narrative research; Perinatal Death; Qualitative Research; Research comics; Sequential art; stillbirth
"Losing Thomas & Ella" presents a research comic about one father's perinatal loss of twins. The comic recounts Paul's experience of the hospital and the babies' deaths, and it details the complex grieving process afterward, including themes of anger, distance, relationship stress, self-blame, religious challenges, and resignation. A methodological appendix explains the process of constructing the comic and provides a rationale for the use of comics-based research for illness, death, and grief among practitioners, policy makers, and the bereaved.
Weaver-Hightower MB
Journal Of Medical Humanities
2017
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-015-9359-z" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1007/s10912-015-9359-z</a>