Date Approved
1997
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Nursing (M.S.N.)
Degree Program
College of Nursing
Abstract
Families who successfully cope and adapt to having a child with a developmental disability are of interest to health professionals. The Typology Model of Adjustment and Adaptation and family hardiness provided the conceptual framework to explore and describe the relationships between family hardiness and family coping and adaptation. Sixty-three families returned a mailed survey that included the Family Hardiness Index, Coping Health Inventory for Parents, and Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales II. Higher levels of family hardiness were associated with better family coping and adaptation. Results of ANOVAs and multiple regression indicate the level of mental retardation of the adult child did not influence family hardiness or adaptation. Some coping patterns were influenced by the child's level of mental retardation and behavior. Parental characteristics did not affect coping patterns. Family hardiness, parents' education, and fathers' health were correlated.
ScholarWorks Citation
VanSolkema, Joan M., "Stress, Coping, Adaptation, and Family Hardiness in Families with an Adult Child Who is Developmentally Disabled and Living in the Parental Home" (1997). Masters Theses. 439.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/439
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