Pub Date : 2021-01-01Epub Date: 2020-11-05DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1824954
Nora J Daly, Michael Parsons, Courtney Blondino, James S Clifford, Elizabeth Prom-Wormley
Depressive symptoms in parents and caregivers to children are associated with adverse biopsychosocial outcomes for caregivers themselves and the children in their custody. Higher overall and parenting-related stress, including stress over children's unsupervised after-school time, is associated with increased caregiver depression risk. Child after-school program participation is a form of social support that may mitigate parenting-related stress and reduce caregiver depression risk. This study tested for the association between child after-school program participation and caregiver depression in a sample of 486 caregivers in Richmond, Virginia. Child after-school program participation was associated with a significant reduction in the likelihood of a past caregiver depression diagnosis (OR = 0.58, 95% CI = 0.39 - 0.86, p = 0.007). This relationship remained significant after adjusting for the influence of caregiver anxiety, stress, financial hardship, and sociodemographic characteristics (OR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.27 - 0.86, p = 0.015). Child after-school program participation may function as a protective factor that reduces caregiver depression risk. More research is needed to determine whether the observed association is causal in nature and dosage dependent. Findings from this and future studies may be used to inform evaluation of the impact of after-school programs at the family-level.
父母和儿童照顾者的抑郁症状与照顾者本身及其监护儿童的不良生物心理社会结果相关。更高的整体压力和与养育子女有关的压力，包括孩子放学后无人监督的压力，与照顾者抑郁风险的增加有关。儿童课外活动的参与是一种社会支持形式，可以减轻与父母有关的压力，减少照顾者抑郁的风险。本研究以弗吉尼亚州里士满的486名照顾者为样本，测试了儿童参加课外活动与照顾者抑郁之间的关系。儿童参加课外活动与过去的照顾者抑郁诊断的可能性显著降低相关(OR = 0.58, 95% CI = 0.39 - 0.86, p = 0.007)。在调整照顾者焦虑、压力、经济困难和社会人口特征的影响后，这种关系仍然显著(OR = 0.49, 95% CI = 0.27 - 0.86, p = 0.015)。儿童课外活动的参与可能是降低照顾者抑郁风险的保护因素。需要更多的研究来确定观察到的关联在本质上是因果关系还是剂量依赖性。本研究和未来研究的结果可用于评估课外活动在家庭层面的影响。
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2021.1890439
Michael E. Woolley
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1852639
R. Davids, Nicolette V Roman, C. Schenck
ABSTRACT The purpose of the current study was to explore the challenges experienced by hearing parents when parenting a child with hearing loss. Using a qualitative purposive sampling design, interviews were conducted with 13 parents (9 mothers, 4 fathers) residing in Cape Town, South Africa. Four salient themes emerged, namely: 1) communication is difficult, hard, and frustrating; 2) lack of knowledge and information about hearing loss makes it difficult to parent; 3) little or no support makes for a lonely journey; and 4) support identified by parents for parents. The findings of the study have important implications for collaboration and partnerships between parents and health and family practitioners within South Africa for the design and development of supportive interventions for parents parenting a child with hearing loss.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-09DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1819500
L. Kulik
ABSTRACT The present study presents a multivariable model for explaining the contribution of daily hardships on the one hand, and social and personal resources on the other hand, to explaining wellbeing among financially-challenged single mothers in Israel. The research sample included 203 single mothers whose monthly income is lower than the mean income in Israel. Data were collected by structured questionnaires and analyzed by path analysis. The findings revealed that the single mothers’ resourcefulness was related to wellbeing both directly and indirectly. The higher the resourcefulness of the participants, the higher their social support and the lower their experience of daily hardships, which in turn are related to higher wellbeing. Subjective poverty, rather than the objective economic situation, contributes to explaining their wellbeing.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-04DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1819499
J. McCrossin
ABSTRACT Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in pediatric populations affects the entire family yet neurorehabilitation is often centered on the individual needs of the child. This article provides an overview of select theory, models of family assessment and health care, and family interventions relevant to the family social worker in the field of pediatric rehabilitation. The intention of the author is to encourage family social workers to apply their expertise in a medical setting without limiting their role in attending to instrumental needs of the patient. The role of the Medical Family Therapist is presented as an emerging profession dedicated to applying family theory, models, and interventions by attending to the needs of the whole family affected by TBI, as well facilitating relationships between families and healthcare teams.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-04DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1833396
K. Toros, Asgeir Falch-Eriksen
ABSTRACT This paper examines the perspectives of child protection workers (CPWs) (n = 106) on the participation of children in child protection practice in Estonia. The findings indicated that child participation was most related to the term “asking a child’s opinion.” On a theoretical level, CPWs considered the asking of a child’s opinion to be significant in child protection practice in order to make decisions in the child’s best interests. In practice, however, asking a child’s opinion was acknowledged to be dependent on the level of development and age of the child, whether there were any custody disputes, and time factors. The reflections of CPWs indicate a protectionist approach regarding child participation because they discussed the issue of children being vulnerable and how encouraging them to participate might be detrimental to their well-being.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-19DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2019.1681335
Dana Burdnell Wilson
ABSTRACT This study examined perceptions of youth in transition and recent foster care alumni, regarding how child welfare services and resources may have helped them to succeed, and whether their connections with other youth in transition and alumni contributed to their success. Success was conceptualized as educational achievement, employment and empowerment. Using a critical youth empowerment framework, connections were assessed for youth in transition and alumni as members of a community, using a construct of attitudes and behaviors demonstrating a collective approach to common goals. The study consisted of a quantitative analysis of secondary data published in 2013 by the Multi-Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs, examining the reported perceptions of over 1,200 young people who had experience in foster care. Findings showed an association between success and transition services (i.e. managing finances, mentoring), and resources (i.e. tuition, security deposits). Empowerment was evidenced by community action, leadership activities and expectations for success. Youth in transition rarely reported having a voice in evaluation of the relevance and helpfulness of the services they received. The input of youth in transition, welcomed as valuable consumer feedback, could enhance improvement of child welfare outcomes, and advance more empowered and successful foster care alumni.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-19DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1838839
J. Siegel
Social workers are deeply committed to accomplishing meaningful change. This can only succeed when the concerns of our clients are invited, respected and responded to. This issue provides access to...
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Pub Date : 2020-08-07DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1799897
Christabel K Cheung, C. Acquati, Everett Smith, Thuli Katerere-Virima, Laura E Helbling, Gail Betz
ABSTRACT Cancer is a serious, life-threatening illness that impacts the entire family system, with implications for patients themselves, their siblings, parents, and extended family. Given increasing identification of siblings as uniquely important and enduring fixtures in each other’s lives, investigation into the influence of cancer on sibling relationships is warranted. The current systematic review pursued the question: What interpersonal factors in sibling relationships are affected by coping with a cancer diagnosis from childhood through young adulthood? In September 2019, a systematic search of extant literature was conducted, from inception to present, resulting in nine studies meeting inclusion criteria. Results were sorted into psychosocial factors and family factors. Psychosocial factors included the quality of sibling relationships, social support, and psychological distress. Family factors included family functioning and family conflict. Findings suggest practice recommendations for peer support of siblings of cancer patients, as well as systemic and family-oriented interventions that harness strengths and prevent long-term negative effects on the entire family. Future research should expand knowledge on sibling relationships in the cancer context by examining their influence on practical issues such as financial burden, including a greater diversity of socio-demographic variables, and evaluating promising evidence-based models of care for oncology social work.
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Pub Date : 2020-08-07DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2020.1801070
Michael E. Woolley
Welcome to this special issue of JFSW on Siblings Across the Life Course. Special issues can be motivated by divergent rationales, such as catching a wave of new, expanding, or interesting research...
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