Boundary ambiguity: A focus on stepfamilies, queer families, families with adolescent children, and multigenerational families.

2022 ◽  
pp. 157-186
Author(s):  
Marilyn Coleman ◽  
Lawrence Ganong ◽  
Salvatore D'Amore ◽  
Scott Browning ◽  
Dena DiNardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multigenerational Families ◽  
Boundary Ambiguity

scholarly journals Traumatized Syrian Refugees with Ambiguous Loss: Predictors of Mental Distress

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3865
Author(s):  
Anna Renner ◽  
David Jäckle ◽  
Michaela Nagl ◽  
Anna Plexnies ◽  
Susanne Röhr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Ambiguous Loss ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Prolonged Grief ◽  
Boundary Ambiguity ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Post Traumatic

Refugees from war zones often have missing significant others. A loss without confirmation is described as an ambiguous loss. This physical absence with simultaneous mental persistence can be accompanied by economic, social or legal problems, boundary ambiguity (i.e., uncertainty about who belongs to the family system), and can have a negative impact on mental health. The aim of this study was to identify sociodemographic and loss-related predictors for prolonged grief, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and somatization in treatment-seeking Syrian refugees with post-traumatic stress symptoms in Germany experiencing ambiguous loss. For the present study, data were based on the treatment-seeking baseline sample of the “Sanadak” randomized-controlled trial, analyzing a subsample of 47 Syrian refugees with post-traumatic stress symptoms in Germany experiencing ambiguous loss. Sociodemographic and loss-related questions were applied, along with standardized instruments for symptoms of prolonged grief (ICG), anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), PTSD (PDS-5) and somatization (PHQ-15). Linear regression models were used to predict mental health outcomes. Having lost a close family member and higher boundary ambiguity showed a statistically significant association with higher severity in prolonged grief. The overall model for somatization reached statistical significance, while no predictor independently did. Boundary ambiguity showed a statistically significant positive association with depression, while the overall model showed no statistically significant associations. Boundary ambiguity and missing family members seemed to be important predictors for prolonged grief. These findings support the importance of reunification programs and suggest an inclusion of the topic into psychosocial support structures, e.g., including psychoeducational elements on boundary ambiguity in support groups for traumatized individuals and families experiencing ambiguous loss. Further research is needed for a more detailed understanding of the impact of ambiguous loss on refugee populations.

scholarly journals A genome wide linkage study of obesity as secondary effect of antipsychotics in multigenerational families of eastern Quebec affected by psychoses

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1067-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y C Chagnon ◽  
C Mérette ◽  
R H Bouchard ◽  
C Émond ◽  
M-A Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Study ◽  
Secondary Effect ◽  
Multigenerational Families ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
A Genome

Family Boundary Ambiguity: A 30-Year Review of Theory, Research, and Measurement

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason S. Carroll ◽  
Chad D. Olson ◽  
Nicolle Buckmiller
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Ambiguity ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Family Boundary Ambiguity

scholarly journals Leaving an Abusive Partner: Exploring Boundary Ambiguity Using the Stages of Change Model

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndal Bee Lian Khaw ◽  
Jennifer L. Hardesty
Keyword(s):  
Stages Of Change ◽  
Change Model ◽  
Stages Of Change Model ◽  
Boundary Ambiguity

Trauma and Resiliency in Grandparent-Headed Multigenerational Families

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youjung Lee ◽  
Lisa V. Blitz ◽  
Miranda Srnka
Keyword(s):  
Multigenerational Families

scholarly journals Clinical diagnoses in young offspring from eastern Québec multigenerational families densely affected by schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

2007 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 071121055521001-??? ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Maziade ◽  
N. Gingras ◽  
N. Rouleau ◽  
S. Poulin ◽  
V. Jomphe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Multigenerational Families ◽  
Clinical Diagnoses ◽  
Young Offspring

scholarly journals Motherhood in Complex Families

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Fomby
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Stress ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Biological Father ◽  
Boundary Ambiguity ◽  
Kin Support ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Biological Fathers ◽  
Poor Relationship

Families formed through multipartner fertility, where children with a common biological mother were conceived by different biological fathers, represent a growing share of all families in the United States. Using data from four waves of the Fragile Families Child and Wellbeing Study ( N = 3,366), I find that women who have engaged in multipartner fertility are more likely to experience parenting stress and depression compared with mothers whose children share the same biological father. Mothers’ depression is explained in the short term by poor relationship quality with the father of her prior children and in the longer term by indicators of boundary ambiguity in complex families. Mothers’ parenting stress was only weakly explained by variation in perceived kin support, father involvement, or boundary ambiguity.

Multigenerational Families

2021 ◽  
pp. 3340-3344
Author(s):  
Andrea N. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Multigenerational Families
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