Posttraumatic growth in parents caring for a child with a life-limiting illness: A structural equation model.
Human Development; Adult; Aged; Caregivers/psychology; Child; Disabled Children/psychology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models Psychological; Palliative Care/psychology; Parents/psychology; Young Adult
When parents first meet their child, they take on the entwined joys and burdens of caring for another person. Providing care for their child becomes the basic expectation, during health and illness, through the developmental milestones, into adulthood and beyond. For those parents who have a child who is born with or is later diagnosed with a life-limiting illness, parents also become caregivers in ways that parents of predominantly well children do not. While the circumstances are undisputedly stressful, for some parents benefits can co-occur along with the negative outcomes. This article tests two structural equation models of possible factors that allow these parent caregivers to experience growth in the circumstances. The diagnosis and illness of a child in the context of pediatric palliative care is a very complex experience for parents. The stresses are numerous and life-changing and yet the parents in this research demonstrated growth as measured by the Post Traumatic Growth Inventory. It appears that particular personal resources reflected in personal well-being are a precursor to the process of positive meaning making, which then, in turn, contributes to growth. The path to posttraumatic growth is not a simple one, but this research contributes to further elucidating it.
Cadell S; Hemsworth D; Smit QT; Steele R; Davies E; Liben S; Straatman L; Siden H
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
2014
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/h0099384" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1037/h0099384</a>
Factors contributing to post-traumatic growth: a proposed structural equation model
Female; Humans; Male; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Life Change Events; HIV Seropositivity; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adaptation; Psychological; bereavement; social support; Stress Disorders; Homosexuality; Bisexuality; Orthopsychiatry/methods; Post-Traumatic/psychology
With the current shift to include positive outcomes of trauma, this research was designed to explore factors that allow growth to occur. Structural equation modeling was used to test a model for understanding posttraumatic growth. A sample (N = 174) of bereaved HIV/AIDS caregivers completed questionnaires in English and French. Spirituality, social support, and stressors were found to have a positive relationship with growth. Facilitation of posttraumatic growth is crucial to all helping professions. This article uses structural equation modelling to begin to elaborate the relationship of spirituality, social support and stressors to posttraumatic growth.
2003
Cadell S; Regehr C; Hemsworth D
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
2003
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/0002-9432.73.3.279" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1037/0002-9432.73.3.279</a>
Perinatal mortality: assisting parental affirmation
Female; Humans; infant; Pregnancy; Burial; Adaptation; Psychological; Newborn; Fetal Death/psychology
The health professional's role does not cease with perinatal death, but shifts towards the prevention of postmortem psychiatric sequelae in the parents. A multidisciplinary bereavement service has found that an increased awareness of the final processes of "viewing" and "burial" diminishes the production of fearful speculations both by parents and staff, and allows them to cooperate more fully in dealing with the tragedy.
Cohen L; Zilkha S; Middleton J; O'Donnohue N
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
1978
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb02577.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1111/j.1939-0025.1978.tb02577.x</a>
Patterns of children's coping with life stress: implications for clinicians
Child; Female; Humans; Male; Personality Inventory; Defense Mechanisms; Stress; adolescent; Adaptation; Psychological; Psychological/psychology
In a study of children's patterns of coping with daily stressors, boys and girls 9-17 years old were asked to complete a coping checklist in response to one of four types of stressors--school, parents/family, siblings, or peer/interpersonal. Patterns of coping-strategy use were found to be similar across the various stressors, with wishful thinking, problem-solving, and emotional regulation being among those most frequently used. Older adolescents, compared to younger children, tended to use a broader range of coping strategies, regardless of stressor. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.
2000
Donaldson D; Prinstein MJ; Danovsky M; Spirito A
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
2000
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/h0087689" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1037/h0087689</a>
Maternal and paternal stress in families with school-aged children with disabilities
Child; Female; Humans; Male; Stress; Family/psychology; Mothers/psychology; social support; Parent caregivers; disabled children; Psychological/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
This study examined stress factors in families with a school-aged child with a disability. Path analyses revealed that children's demandingness and neediness for care was related more to maternal stress and that child's acceptability was related more to paternal stress. Professionals who serve families with children with disabilities may need to devise more specialized support programs to help fathers become emotionally close to their atypical children and may need to provide more respite services for mothers. To assist parents of school-aged children with disabilities, support services may also need to extend beyond the usual early childhood period.
2004
Keller D; Honig AS
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
2004
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/0002-9432.74.3.337" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1037/0002-9432.74.3.337</a>
Perceptions of control and long-term recovery from rape
Female; Humans; Adult; Middle Aged; Self Efficacy; Ontario; Multivariate Analysis; Time Factors; Internal-External Control; Regression Analysis; adolescent; Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support; Adaptation; Psychological; retrospective studies; Stress Disorders; Survivors/psychology; Rape/psychology; Disease Susceptibility; Depression/etiology/physiopathology; Post-Traumatic/etiology/physiopathology; Recovery of Function
The relationship between perceptions of control and symptoms of both long-term depression and post-traumatic stress was examined. Enduring beliefs of personal competence and control were found to be associated with lower rates of depression and stress and to be stronger predictors of long-term recovery than were rape-specific attributions. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.
1999
Regehr C; Cadell S; Jansen K
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
1999
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1037/h0080386" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1037/h0080386</a>
The effects of self-help and psychotherapy intervention on child loss: the limits of recovery
Child; Female; Humans; Male; Grief; Social Adjustment; Self-Help Groups; Combined Modality Therapy; Non-U.S. Gov't; P.H.S.; Research Support; U.S. Gov't; Adaptation; Psychological; Parents/psychology; Intervention; Interventions; Adjustment Disorders/therapy; Psychotherapy/methods
Results of a longitudinal study of the effects of bereaved parents' participation in a self-help group and in psychotherapy are presented. Active self-help group participants evidenced unique changes in attitudes about bereavement. Reasons for lack of differences in mental health, marital, and parental roles are discussed.
Videka-Sherman L; Lieberman M
The American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry
1985
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb03422.x" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1111/j.1939-0025.1985.tb03422.x</a>