TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of adaptation in icelandic and American families of young children with chronic asthma
AU - Svavarsdottir, Erla Kolbrun
AU - Rayens, Mary Kay
AU - McCubbin, Marilyn
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The purposes of this international study were to determine the predictors of adaptation and to assess potential moderating effects of parents' sense of coherence and family hardiness on the relationship of severity of illness of a child with asthma and family and caregiving demands as predictors of family adaptation. For both parents, sense of coherence and family hardiness predicted family adaptation. Icelandic mothers perceived their family's adaptation more favorably than did their American counterparts. For the fathers, family demands predicted adaptation. Sense of coherence moderated the effect of family demands on adaptation for both parents. These findings underscore the importance of strengthening individual and family resiliency as a mechanism for improving family adaptation.
AB - The purposes of this international study were to determine the predictors of adaptation and to assess potential moderating effects of parents' sense of coherence and family hardiness on the relationship of severity of illness of a child with asthma and family and caregiving demands as predictors of family adaptation. For both parents, sense of coherence and family hardiness predicted family adaptation. Icelandic mothers perceived their family's adaptation more favorably than did their American counterparts. For the fathers, family demands predicted adaptation. Sense of coherence moderated the effect of family demands on adaptation for both parents. These findings underscore the importance of strengthening individual and family resiliency as a mechanism for improving family adaptation.
KW - Childhood chronic asthma
KW - Family adaptation
KW - Family as a unit
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U2 - 10.1097/00003727-200510000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00003727-200510000-00006
M3 - Article
C2 - 16166861
AN - SCOPUS:26244433263
SN - 0160-6379
VL - 28
SP - 338
EP - 350
JO - Family and Community Health
JF - Family and Community Health
IS - 4
ER -