Hardships and changes are a natural and normal part of life that all families must encounter and deal with. (Friedman Bowden, & Jones, 2003). The death of a loved one, a form of hardship, can disturb a family’s course of development and can throw a family into crisis (Smith, Hamon, Ingoldsby, & Miller, 2009). In the motion picture “Grace is Gone,” the father Stanley Philips must face the challenge of telling his two young daughters that their mother Grace has been killed in combat overseas. The evaluation of the Philips family’s coping in dealing with a life altering event reveals dysfunctional and functional coping processes. The coping mechanisms of a family are very important in the family’s ability to function and survive (Friedman et al., 2003). A health care provider can use a family stress model to evaluate what makes a family vulnerable, resilient and adaptive (McCubbin, 1995). Furthermore, assessing a family’s resources and coping strategies are important for health care providers to assist families adapt and achieve “higher levels of wellness” (Friedman et al., 2003, p. 464). Under the perspective of the Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation, the purpose of this paper is to describe the stressors the Philips family encountered, evaluate their responses, and consider resources that would have been applicable for their situation. Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation. Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment and Adaptation was developed from the Hill’s Family Stress Theory and is a method to describe how families perceive and respond to stress (Friedman et al., 2003). It can be an effective way for counselors to allow for the “consideration of cultural an... ... middle of paper ... ...rieved from, http://www.griefshare.org/about Friedman, M. M., Bowden, V. R., & & Jones, E. G. (2003). Family nursing: Research, theory, and practice (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. National Military Family Association. (2010). About us. Retrieved from http://www.militaryfamily.org/about-us/ McCubbin, M. A. (1995). The typology model of adjustment and adaptation: A family stress model. Guidance & Counseling, 10(4), 31. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Smith, S. R., Hamon, R. R., Ingoldsby, B. B., Miller, J. E. (2009) Exploring family theories (2nd ed.). Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press. Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. (2011). About us. Retrieved from http://www.taps.org/about.aspx U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2009). Bereavement Counseling. Retrieved from http://www.vetcenter.va.gov/Bereavement_Counseling.asp
ABC-X model of family stress is a tool that is used by human services professionals and other support services to state the category a family stress level is. The model was researched in 1949 on war induced separation and reunion. Since the model research was introduced it has expanded and shown tremendously effectiveness. As I read from the chapter and the lecture notes I think this is a great tool for professionals to use to support family stress. ABC-X model of family stress is defined as normal family stress that comes from many forms in life for example the stress that comes when one is getting married, when having a baby in the family, jobs, relocating from one place to another, lack of unemployment and many other forms. With the help
The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale were proven to have good reliability and validity in families. The counselor would need to make a treatment plan to assess the family as the family
Adaptive processes are methods utilized to manage inconveniences that occur. An example of an adaptive process for a family would be a wife expressing her frustration more, making the children take more responsibilities, or creating a calendar. They would utilize this calendar to keep organization within the family as well as have a set basis of communication. Furthermore, these adaptive processes are utilized within the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaption model. The purpose of the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation model is to identify how stressful occurrence may be connected to relational outcomes, by analyzing the vulnerabilities they endure and adaptive processes. The adaptive processes fit into the VSA model by forecasting first identifying the hassle and then predicting their well-being based on their coping mechanisms.
Wright L.M., & Leahey, M. (2013). Nurses and families: A guide to family assessment and intervention (6th Ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company
In the chapter book titled “Foundations of a Family Resilience Approach,” the author of the article writes a chapter explaining family resilience. The author begins by stating that the concept of resilience is applied to developmental psychology and mental health theory to understand individual malfunction and disorders. Throughout the chapters the author discusses family resilience providing various examples.
Sebold makes clear that these stages do not necessarily remain adamant, but that families coping with loss adhere to grief and loss in assorted ways. If readers confine their understanding of grief to coping and loss with death of a loved one, then the reader finds that they have trouble elucid...
The chapter highlights how family resilience practice families approach and respond to their stressful conditions can either foster positive or negative adaptation. As social worker I would use varied formats such as brief consultation, family counseling, therapy, family group, workshop and forums. This collaborative resilience approach help strengthens family functioning relational bonds; vital community connections and resources to meet future life
The Connor-Davidson Resilience scale (CD-RISC) comprises of 25 items, each rated on a 5-point scale (0-4), with higher scores reflecting greater resilience (Connor & Davidson 2003). The 10 and 2 item scales can be completed in between 1 and 5 minutes. The scale was administered to subjects in several settings including community sample for generalized anxiety disorder, and two clinical trials of PTSD. The reliability, validity, and factor analytic structure of the scale were evaluated, and reference scores for study samples were calculated. Sensitivity to treatment effects was examined in subjects from the PTSD clinical trials. The scale demonstrated good psychometric properties and factor analysis yielded five factors. A repeated ANOVA measure indicated that an increase in CD-RISC score was associated with greater improvement during treatment. The scale demonstrates that resilience is modifiable and can improve with treatment, with greater improvement corresponding to higher levels of global improvement. A copy of the instrument is attached at the appendix of this paper.
Resilience has been described as the human capacity to face, overcome and emerge strengthened or transformed from experiences of misfortune (Garmezy, 1991). When considering the stressful life situations of an individual, there are different events that occur during one’s life that can be decisive in the activation of resilience. Studies have now shown a link between psychological resilience and various mental health outcomes such as burnout, secondary traumatic stress, depression, and anxiety (Mealer, Jones, & Moss, 2012; McGarry et al., 2013). For example, a study by Mealer et al. (2012) included 744 intensive care nurses working in the United States and found that high resilience was associated with a lower prevalence of burnout and symptoms
Resiliency, first, protects development through the utilization of promotive and protective factors. Masten, Herbers, Cutuli, & Reed (2009) asserts that protective factors act as moderators between risk factors and outcome. These factors are multidimensional and multifaceted, and by acting together as a system, create the resiliency response. These processes operate at different levels and in different ways throughout development (Masten, Herbers, Cutuli, & Lafavor, 2008). Common factors found among resilient individuals include positive contextual, social, and individual qualities (Zimmerman). A summative, but not exclusive, list of these factors include include self-efficacy and competence, supportive familial relationships, personality,
Shown in the study, there are two responses. One is for the stressed family member to withdraw from social interactions. The second one is a likelihood for irritability. The observation that stressors make family members withdraw or become more sensitive is true of all ages and can be further influenced with past psychological states (ie depression or anxiety). For example, the articles states that both children and adults are affected with troubles communicating with their peers and show negative behaviors. In an adult males, the withdrawal is a common coping method. Children also lean towards behavior that would allow them to avoid stimulus. Next, it is observed that the mood of the distressed family member can affect other members in what is described as “crossover.” Also, that family members can influence coping
Families and clients’ can operate on different levels of stress, which can vary from good to bad depending on the situation (Catherall, 2004, p.325). One individual might be better in a single life style where as another might be better in a relationship life style (Catherall, 2004, p.325). There are also individuals who function better in a working life style than in a home life style, or vice versa (Catherall, 2004, p.325). It is well known that stressors can come from any part of our lives as well as coping mechanisms as well (Catherall, 2004,
2014), resilience as a mediator among subjective support, degree of using support and emotional behavior problems (Sun Shi Xiu, Et al. 2013), resilience and affect balance as mediators between trait emotional intelligence and life satisfaction (Ya Liu, Et al. 2013), resilience plays a mediating role in the relationship between stress and life satisfaction (Meng Shi, Et al.2015), resilience has a mediating effect between HIV-related stress and health related quality of life (HRQoL) (Xindi Fang, Et al. 2014), resilience can buffer the negative effects of psychological stress and has partially mediating effect between mental stress and mental health (Jie Huang, Et al.2014). To fill the vacancy of the mediating effect of resilience in supportive presence side, this research was focused on how resilience played a mediating role between two most important supportive factors for teens, family and peer
The book that was read for this assignment was “Stress and Coping in Families” by Katheryn C. Maguire. The book is divided into two sections, “Part I” and “Part II”. The purpose of “Part I” is to give the reader insight on stress and all the components, such as physiological and cognitive behavior. “Part II” is applying “Part I” to actual scenarios, three to be exact. The main idea of the book is to demonstrate the different ways stress can interfere with one’s health and personal life. The ideas that are being discussed are, stressful situations that many people encounter in their lives. Also, the ways in which people can learn to manage the amount of negative stress they are suffering from can help them keep a positive mindset. These ideas
Health care effectiveness is improved when emphasis is placed on the family. Promotion maintenance and restoration of the health of families is important to the survival of society. The illness of a member of a family can have a traumatic effect on both other members of the family and the society in general. The philosophy of family health nursing is grounded on several principles that revolve around the control idea that the family is the constant in every society. Parents are experts in their child’s care and know more about their child’s care and know more about their child than can be ever be learned through assessments or charts (Joan et al 2010). Working together parents and health care workers can make more personal and informed decisions regarding what the best treatment is for a member of the family. Family health care nursing affords parents and members of the family opportunity to receive support and encouragement that the old philosophy of care