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Chen M, Ren L, Jiang H, Wang Y, Zhang L, Dong C. Discrepancies in perceived family resilience between adolescents with chronic illness and parents: using response surface analysis to examine the relationship with adolescents' psychological adjustment. BMC Psychiatry 2024; 24:475. [PMID: 38937737 PMCID: PMC11210177 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-024-05917-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to explore discrepancies in adolescents with chronic illness and their parents' perceptions of family resilience, as well as the relationship between these differences and the psychological adjustment of adolescents with chronic illness. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted. A total of 264 dyads of parents (77.7% mothers, mean age 41.60 years, SD = 6.17) and adolescents (48.5% girls, mean age 12.68 years, SD = 2.11) with chronic illness were recruited through convenience sampling from three children's hospitals in Wenzhou, Hangzhou, and Shanghai, China between June 2022 and May 2023. The Chinese version of the Family Resilience Scale and the Psychological Adjustment Scale, which are commonly used measures with good reliability and validity, were employed to assess family resilience and psychological adaption, respectively. The data were analyzed using polynomial regression and response surface analysis. RESULTS Adolescents with chronic illness reported higher family resilience than their parents (t=-2.80, p < 0.05). The correlations between family resilience and adolescents' psychological adjustment reported by the adolescents (r = 0.45-0.48) were higher than parents (r = 0.18-0.23). In the line of congruence, there were positive linear (a1 = 1.09-1.60, p < 0.001) and curvilinear (a2=-1.38∼-0.72, p < 0.05) associations between convergent family resilience and adolescents' psychological adjustment. In the line of incongruence, when adolescents reported lower family resilience than parents, adolescents had a lower level of psychological adjustment (a3=-1.02∼-0.45, p < 0.05). Adolescents' sociability decreased when the perceived family resilience of parent-adolescent dyads converged (a4 = 1.36, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION The findings highlighted the importance of considering the discrepancies and congruence of family resilience in the parent-child dyads when developing interventions to improve the psychological adjustment of adolescents with chronic illness. Interventions aimed at strengthening family communication to foster the convergence of perceptions of family resilience in parent-adolescent dyads were warranted.
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Affiliation(s)
- Meijia Chen
- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, China
- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, University Town, Chashan, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, University Town, Chashan, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, University Town, Chashan, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, University Town, Chashan, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325027, China.
- Clinical Skills Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, 109 Xueyuan West Road, Wenzhou, 325027, China.
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, University Town, Chashan, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
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Xu Q, Qiu Y, Yi T, Wang Y, Dong C. Social support and family resilience among Chinese people receiving maintenance hemodialysis: A polynomial regression and response surface analysis explaining psychological resilience. Appl Psychol Health Well Being 2024. [PMID: 38924268 DOI: 10.1111/aphw.12569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Psychological resilience plays an important role in overcoming emotional distress among people receiving maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). This study aimed to investigate how social support and family resilience interact to influence psychological resilience among Chinese people receiving MHD. This was a prospective longitudinal study with three time points: baseline (T1), 3 months (T2), and 6 months (T3) later. A convenience sample of 252 participants (67.1% male; 57.6 ± 13.8 years of age) from Zhejiang Province, China, who completed baseline measures of social support, family resilience, and psychological resilience, were further assessed for psychological resilience at T2 and T3. Polynomial regression (PR) and response surface analysis (RSA) were used to analyze the data. At all time points, and in the case of agreement between social support and family resilience, the combined effect of both variables manifested as a positive linear association with psychological resilience. Instead, at baseline, and in case of disagreement, the same combined effect manifested as a negative linear relationship related to psychological resilience. The findings highlighted the importance of considering the conjoint influence of social support and family resilience when developing interventions to improve the psychological resilience of people receiving MHD.
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- Qiongying Xu
- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Health, Zhoushan Tourism and Health College, Zhoushan, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- School of Nursing, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Muhammad M, Tumin D. Parent Gender and Assessment of Children's Health. Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2024; 63:334-340. [PMID: 37148277 DOI: 10.1177/00099228231172669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Caregiver-reported data on children's health are typically provided by mothers. We investigated whether measures of children's health would significantly differ between mother and father respondents to a nationally representative survey. This study used de-identified data on children age 0 to 17 years from the 2016-2019 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH). The primary exposure was whether the survey was completed by the child's father (cases) or mother (controls). Outcome variables included general health, special health care needs (SHCN), and unmet health care needs. We identified 85 191 children meeting inclusion criteria, of whom 35.1% had a father respondent. After propensity score matching, 27 738 children with a father respondent were matched to an equal size group of children with a mother respondent. On conditional logistic regression analysis of the matched sample, we found that poor health, SHCN, and unmet health care needs were less likely to be reported for children in the sample by father respondents.
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- Mufida Muhammad
- Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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Qiu Y, Fan S, Fu Q, Yang M, Zhu L. Fatalism as a Mediator of the Association Between Family Resilience and Self-Management Among Patients with Chronic Wounds in China. Patient Prefer Adherence 2024; 18:53-67. [PMID: 38223440 PMCID: PMC10787554 DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s446219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
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Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine how fatalism acts as a mediator in the correlation between family resilience and self-management among patients with chronic wounds in China. Participants and Methods This study used a cross-sectional research design. A total of 269 adult patients (18-94 years old) with chronic wounds residing in Wuxi, China participated in this study. Participants completed the Chinese version of the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire, 16-item Chinese version of the Fatalism Scale, and Self-Management Scale of Chronic Wound Patients. We conducted correlation and mediation analyses using SPSS 27.0 and PROCESS 4.0. Results The results indicated family resilience was a significant positive predictor of self-management (β = 0.7101, p < 0.0001), and the pathway between family resilience and self-management was partially mediated by fatalism (Effect = 0.1432, 95% confidence interval [0.0625, 0.2341]). Conclusion The results indicated that incorporating spiritual interventions into future person-centered self-management programs could align with the motivation of patients with chronic wounds and their families, and reduce the negative impact of fatalism on health outcomes.
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- Yuhuan Qiu
- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
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van der Laan SEI, Berkelbach van der Sprenkel EE, Lenters VC, Finkenauer C, van der Ent CK, Nijhof SL. Defining and Measuring Resilience in Children with a Chronic Disease: a Scoping Review. ADVERSITY AND RESILIENCE SCIENCE 2023; 4:105-123. [PMID: 37139096 PMCID: PMC10088629 DOI: 10.1007/s42844-023-00092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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More than 25% of all children grow up with a chronic disease. They are at higher risk for developmental and psychosocial problems. However, children who function resiliently manage to adapt positively to these challenges. We aim to systematically review how resilience is defined and measured in children with a chronic disease. A search of PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, and PsycINFO was performed on December 9, 2022, using resilience, disease, and child/adolescent as search terms. Two reviewers independently screened articles for inclusion according to predefined criteria. Extraction domains included study characteristics, definition, and instruments assessing resilience outcomes, and resilience factors. Fifty-five out of 8766 articles were identified as relevant. In general, resilience was characterized as positive adaptation to adversity. The included studies assessed resilience by the outcomes of positive adaptation, or by resilience factors, or both. We categorized the assessed resilience outcomes into three groups: personal traits, psychosocial functioning, and disease-related outcomes. Moreover, myriad of resilience factors were measured, which were grouped into internal resilience factors (cognitive, social, and emotional competence factors), disease-related factors, and external factors (caregiver factors, social factors, and contextual factors). Our scoping review provides insight into the definitions and instruments used to measure resilience in children with a chronic disease. More knowledge is needed on which resilience factors are related to positive adaptation in specific illness-related challenges, which underlying mechanisms are responsible for this positive adaptation, and how these underlying mechanisms interact with one another. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42844-023-00092-2.
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- Sabine E. I. van der Laan
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology,Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology,Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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