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Family Needs (family + need)
Selected AbstractsWhy more ,quality time' is not on the top of children's lists: the ,qualities of time' for children,CHILDREN & SOCIETY, Issue 2 2002Pia Haudrup Christensen For many years the everyday reality of working parents and their children has been captured in notions of ,quality time' versus ,quantity time'. On the one hand it is suggested that what families need is ,more time' for parents to spend together with their children and less time working. On the other hand this has been countered with arguments saying that attention has to be paid to how parents spend their time together with their children. As a result quality time is often presented through idealised images of ,happy families'. Quality time is seen as parents engaging with their children in particular activities or outdoor excursions that create and maintain family enjoyment, care and togetherness. However, such debates are based on assumptions of what would be ,good' for today's children and neglect the perspective of children themselves. This paper draws on field research carried out with 10,11-year-old children on their understandings and use of time in an urban and a rural setting in the north of England. The paper points to five ,qualities of time' identified by children. These qualities suggest that children's views of time spent with their families cannot be seen as separate from the time they spend with friends, at school and on their own. The paper argues that the quality/quantity time conundrum needs replacing by fuller and more representative accounts of the varied aspects of time that matter for children. These need to be situated in the processes through which family, school and work life take place on a daily basis and in relation to children's life course. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Responding to the Needs of Children and Families After a Disaster: Linkages Between Unmet Needs and Caregiver FunctioningAMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY, Issue 1 2010Ryan P. Kilmer Disasters may negatively influence caregivers' ability to respond to the needs of their families. In this context, service organizations' response to families' needs may affect caregivers' symptoms and parenting. Interviews were conducted with caregivers affected by Hurricane Katrina approximately 1 year (T1; N = 68) and 2 years posthurricane (T2; N = 52). Caregivers reported high levels of service needs and unmet needs for themselves and their child(ren) and family at both time points. Regression analyses indicated that after accounting for hurricane exposure: (a) child unmet service needs significantly contributed to T1 caregiver distress, (b) caregiver service needs and child unmet needs were associated with higher levels of posttraumatic stress symptoms, and (c) caregiver unmet needs related to greater strain at T1. At T2, after accounting for T1 scores, service need variables did not contribute to distress or posttraumatic stress symptoms. Caregiver strain at T1 and T1 child service needs were associated with greater T2 strain. These findings highlight the importance of extending the availability of services beyond the initial postdisaster recovery period to better meet the needs of caregivers and families. [source] Introduction to a culture, process, and philosophyJOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE RISK MANAGEMENT, Issue 4 2010CPHRM, DFASHRM, MT(ASCP), Robert F. Bunting Jr. MSA Patient- and family-centered care is not a new concept, but it has garnered increased interest and support during the last decade. While most healthcare providers are excellent at providing clinical care, the practice of addressing the myriad other patient and family needs requires a conscious and collaborative effort. Though the staff of hospitals and other patient settings across the country have achieved various degrees of successful implementation of patient- and family-centered care initiatives, the success has not been universal. An objective evaluation of patient- and family-centered initiatives is needed. However, underdeveloped evaluation processes should not prevent the implementation of best practices that already have shown demonstrable success. [source] Maternal parenting stress and its correlates in families with a young child with cerebral palsyCHILD: CARE, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 1 2009S. Glenn Abstract Objective To investigate factors predicting parenting stress in mothers of pre-school children with cerebral palsy. Method Eighty mothers and children participated. Mothers completed the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) and the following measures of family functioning: family support, family cohesion and adaptability, coping strategies, family needs and locus of control. Children were assessed using the Griffiths Scales and the Gross Motor Function measure. The child's home environment was assessed using Home Observation for Measuring the Environment. Results Mothers had higher mean total PSI scores than the means for the typical sample; 43% had total PSI scores above the threshold for clinical assessment. Cluster analysis demonstrated five distinct clusters of families, more than half of whom were coping well. High stress items were role restriction, isolation and poor spouse support, and having a child who was perceived as less adaptable and more demanding. Lower stress items indicated that this sample of mothers found their children emotionally reinforcing and had close emotional bonds. Regression analysis showed that the factors most strongly related to parenting stress levels were high family needs, low family adaptability and cognitive impairment in the child. Conclusions The results confirmed the individuality of families, and that individual characteristics of coping and feeling in control, together with family support and cohesion, are associated with variation in amount of stress experienced in parenting a child with cerebral palsy. [source] A Child's Experience of Parental Depression: Encouraging Relational Resilience in Families with Affective Illness,FAMILY PROCESS, Issue 4 2000Lynn Focht-Birkerts LICSW In this article, we describe an approach that parents with affective illness can use to foster the emotional resilience of their children. Building on current research that emphasizes the need to formulate concepts of risk and resilience in terms of family or relational processes, we propose that affectively ill parents can promote resilience in their children by helping them express the affect they experience as a result of parental illness-related behavior. Risk and resilience are conceptualized in terms of a family's ability to process emotion or affect: a family's need to constrict affect is a risk factor, while the family's ability to elaborate affect encourages relational resilience. An object relations model is used to discuss the ways in which encouraging this elaboration of affect, especially negative affect, contributes to resilience in children. We describe ways in which a preventive intervention helps to increase parents' emotional responsiveness to their children. Using extensive narrative data from followup interviews with families and children, constriction and expansion of emotion in children concerning affectively ill parents are documented, by multiple interviewers, over a span of more than 5 years. Where danger threatens, there also grows the saving power. ,J.C.F. Hölderlin1Patmos [source] Depressive tendencies and lower levels of self-sacrifice in mothers, and selflessness in their anorexic daughters,EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW, Issue 3 2008Eytan Bachar Abstract (1) To compare levels of selflessness (the tendency to ignore one's own needs and serve others') and asceticism of parents and daughters, in anorexic and control families. (2) To investigate the relationship between parents' depression and daughters' selflessness. Twenty-eight anorexic daughters and their 28 mothers and 23 fathers were compared to 29 control daughters and their 29 mothers and 28 fathers, participants were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, the Selflessness Scale, the asceticism scale of the Eating Disorder Inventory and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Anorexics' mothers showed significantly lower levels of selflessness and asceticism compared to control mothers; anorexic daughters showed significantly higher levels of selflessness and asceticism compared to control daughters. Depressive tendencies in anorexics' mothers were associated positively and significantly with their daughters' selflessness. The results support the clinical literature that depicts the anorexic daughters' readiness to sacrifice themselves for the family's needs. Clinical implications are drawn. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. [source] Current Approaches to the Assessment and Management of Anger and Aggression in Youth: A ReviewJOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, Issue 4 2007APRN-BC, Christie S. Blake RN BACKGROUND:,Anger and its expression represent a major public health problem for children and adolescents today. Prevalence reports show that anger-related problems such as oppositional behavior, verbal and physical aggression, and violence are some of the more common reasons children are referred for mental health services. METHODS:,An extensive review of the literature was conducted using the following online search engines: Cochrane, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, and PubMed. Published and unpublished articles that met the following criteria were included in the review: (a) experimental or quasi-experimental research designs; (b) nonpharmacologic, therapy-based interventions; and (c) study participants between 5 and 17 years of age. RESULTS:,Cognitive-behavioral and skills-based approaches are the most widely studied and empirically validated treatments for anger and aggression in youth. Commonly used therapeutic techniques include affective education, relaxation training, cognitive restructuring, problem-solving skills, social skills training, and conflict resolution. These techniques, tailored to the individual child's and/or family's needs, can foster the development of more adaptive and prosocial behavior. [source] | |||||||||||||