Examining perceptions of stress, wellbeing and fear among Hungarian adolescents and their parents under lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabor Csikos ◽  
Krisztina Dr Törő ◽  
Judit Mokos ◽  
Sandor Rozsa ◽  
Hadházi Éva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Natural Catastrophes ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Wellbeing Index ◽  
The Family ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Open Question

Intensified anxiety responses and even symptoms of post-traumatic stress are commonly observed under quarantine conditions. In this study, the effects on fear, anxiety and wellbeing of the recent pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 were investigated in a sample of otherwise healthy Hungarians. Taking the family as a microsystem, differences in gender, age, family relationships and time spent in isolation were the main focus of this investigation. 346 parent-child dyads were examined; the children were 11-17 years of age. Standard psychological questionnaires (Perceived Stress Scale, WHO Wellbeing Index), and an open question test (the Metamorphosis test) were used, and the results analysed with the aid of basic statistical methods. Stress levels and wellbeing displayed a significant negative correlation with each other in both parents and children. Parental stress and levels of wellbeing had a weak but significant impact on the wellbeing of their children. Among the demographic variables examined, none of them was found to explain the wellbeing or stress level of parents. Natural catastrophes, such as pandemics, create a stressful social environment for parents, and therefore directly impact the psychological wellbeing of all family members.

scholarly journals The Soundscape of Neonatal Intensive Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Parents’ Experience

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 644
Author(s):  
Maria Chifa ◽  
Tamar Hadar ◽  
Nina Politimou ◽  
Gemma Reynolds ◽  
Fabia Franco
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Parental Stress ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Units ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Parental Experience ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Open Question ◽  
The Impact

Parents who have infants hospitalised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) experience high levels of stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, whether sounds contribute to parents’ stress remains largely unknown. Critically, researchers lack a comprehensive instrument to investigate the relationship between sounds in NICUs and parental stress. To address this gap, this report presents the “Soundscape of NICU Questionnaire” (SON-Q), which was developed specifically to capture parents’ perceptions and beliefs about the impact that sound had on them and their infants, from pre-birth throughout the NICU stay and in the first postdischarge period. Parents of children born preterm (n = 386) completed the SON-Q and the Perinatal PTSD Questionnaire (PPQ). Principal Component Analysis identifying underlying dimensions comprising the parental experience of the NICU soundscape was followed by an exploration of the relationships between subscales of the SON-Q and the PPQ. Moderation analysis was carried out to further elucidate relationships between variables. Finally, thematic analysis was employed to analyse one memory of sounds in NICU open question. The results highlight systematic associations between aspects of the NICU soundscape and parental stress/trauma. The findings underscore the importance of developing specific studies in this area and devising interventions to best support parents’ mental health, which could in turn support infants’ developmental outcomes.

scholarly journals Adolescent-to-Parent Violence and Family Environment: The Perceptions of Same Reality?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izaskun Ibabe
Keyword(s):  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Harsh Discipline ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Good Consistency ◽  
Conflict Tactics Scales ◽  
Conflict Tactics ◽  
Family Discipline

The use of several sources of information (parents and children) is scarce in family studies. Child-to-parent violence (CPV) is still considered the most hidden and stigmatized form of family violence. One objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of child-to-parent violence and perceptions of family environment as a function of the informant (parent or child), child’s sex, and parents’ sex in a community population. The study also aimed to analyze the predictive power of family conflict and aggressive family discipline in child-to-parent violence depending on the informant. A sample of 586 adolescents (49% boys, aged between 12 and 18) and their parents (40%) participated in the study. The Family Environment Scale and the Conflict Tactics Scales were administered. Results showed good consistency between adolescent reports and parent reports for physical CPV, but adolescents perceived worse family environments than their parents. Multiple regression models revealed that aggressive family discipline and family are important risk factors for CPV. Early intervention to prevent CPV is recommended, focused on promoting family relationships and avoiding harsh discipline practices. It is important that parents are able to ask for help when they need it.

scholarly journals “If I Shut My Eyes, I Cannot Hear You”: The Regulation of Parent and Adolescent Communication about Sexual Practices and Identities in the Family Context

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Elley
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Context ◽  
Sexual Practices ◽  
Sexual Identities ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Control Situations ◽  
And Control

This paper examines parent-adolescent communication about sexuality in the family context. Of central concern is how parents and their adolescent children interact and communicate about sexual identities and practices. The paper focuses on kinship and familial relations between parents and adolescents, family dynamics and the processes impacting on young people's emergent sexual development and informal sex education in the home. The data is drawn from interviews with 38 young people aged 15-21 years with another 31 participating in focus-groups. The paper argues that mutual and open dialogue about sexuality between parents and adolescents remains highly circumscribed due to how sexuality is relational and regulated in the family context. The data reveals that despite strong family relationships, complex patterns of surveillance and negotiation mean that parents and children monitor and control situations related to expressing sexuality. Instead of ‘passive’ processes operating to manage sexual identities, this paper finds that parents and young people necessarily draw on more sophisticated practices of what can be conceptually termed as the ‘active acknowledgement’ and ‘active avoidance’ of sexuality as a means to manage sexual identities across different family contexts.

scholarly journals Post-traumatic stress disorder and resilience among flood affected farmers of Kerala, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1842
Author(s):  
Manu Jose ◽  
Jessy Fenn
Keyword(s):  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Extreme Flooding ◽  
The Relationship

Background: In mid-August 2018, Kerala witnessed the worst floods since 1924 due to abnormally high rainfall and simultaneous release of water from its dams, resulting in extreme flooding in 13 of the 14 districts in the State. The large-scale flooding impacted millions of people and caused nearly 400 deaths as well as immense damage to property. This was followed by flooding yet again in August 2019, thereby triggering further damage. Farmers whose crops got completely wiped out were one group that were severely affected. This study investigated the presence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in farmers and also checked the relationship between PTSD and resilience. Methods: The sample consisted of 100 farmers from the Alappuzha and Pattanamtitta districts of Kerala which were severely affected by the flood. Data was collected through the PTSD-8, Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) along with sociodemographic data and flood related information.Results: 74% of the farmers scored high on the test indicating the presence of PTSD. The farmers of interior Pathanamthitta had significantly higher incidence (84%) of PTSD than coastal Alappuzha farmers (66%). The level of damage due to the flood did not have significant correlation with PTSD.  There was significant negative correlation between PTSD and resilience (r=-0.64).Conclusions: There was high incidence of PTSD among the farmers of central Kerala post the 2018 and 2019 floods and it was higher in interior Pathanamthitta than in coastal Alappuzha which is more used to the vagaries of the waters. Resilience helps to combat PTSD. 

Dampak Trauma Kekerasan dalam Rumah Tangga Terhadap Perkembangan Psikis Anak

Raheema ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isyatul Mardiyati
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Term Treatment ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Short Term Treatment ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Primary Focus

Domestic Violence can happen to anyone, even though the family is considered as the best place for children's development. Some reports indicate that children in the family, often the victims of violence perpetrated by family members either directly or indirectly. Whereas the effects of this violence have the possibility of the same in the form of psychological trauma for children and eventually lead them to have a false perception of the violence, and assume that violence is one right way to resolve the issue. The experience of watching, hearing, even experienced violence in the family will no doubt lead to negative effects on the psychological of children. There are among children who experienced violence as a child, suffered prolonged trauma and lead to behavioral depression. But there are also some cases that actually show that children who have experienced violence in the past would later become perpetrators of the same crime as the first ever experienced. Not only short- term treatment should be the primary focus of handling trauma cases occurring in children. But should also be pursued in the long-term handling of recovery of post-traumatic stress disorder on children who have been traumatized. So, while reviving confidence in children, the support of families and civils become very important in creating a healthy environment for the child that lives in the present and future.

scholarly journals The American Family and Family Economics

2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelly Lundberg ◽  
Robert A Pollak
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Family Economics ◽  
American Family ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Choice Analysis ◽  
The Family ◽  
Primary Family

Gary Becker's path-breaking Treatise on the Family (1981) subjected individuals' decisions about sex, marriage, childbearing, and childrearing to rational choice analysis. The American family has changed radically in recent decades; we survey these changes as well as the ongoing effort to understand partnering, parenting, and care of the elderly as results of maximizing choices made by individuals. First, we describe the recent changes in the American family: the separation of sex, marriage, and childbearing; fewer children and smaller households; converging work and education patterns for men and women; class divergence in partnering and parenting strategies; and the replacement of family functions and home production by government programs and market transactions. Second, we examine recent work in family economics that attempts to explain these changes. Third, we point out some challenging areas for further analysis and highlight issues of commitment in two primary family relationships: those between men and women, and those between parents and children. Finally, we consider the effectiveness of policies to target benefits to certain family members (for instance, children) or to promote marriage and fertility.

scholarly journals Bridging psychological barriers between the child and the father after his returning from the war: Could group art therapy help?

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (7) ◽  
pp. 686-689
Author(s):  
Gordana Mandic-Gajic
Keyword(s):  
Art Therapy ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Psychological Barriers ◽  
Mickey Mouse ◽  
Clinical Observations ◽  
The Family ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
At Home

Introduction. War veterans with chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have poorer family and parenting functioning, but little research has focused on these impairments. Case re-port. This paper presented how the series of drawings and the group art therapy process enhanced bridging the psychological barriers of a 33-year-old male PTSD war veteran to engagement with the child. After two years of deployment he returned home and suffered mostly from PTSD numbness and avoidance symptoms. The veteran had the family readjustment difficulties and felt guilty for being detached from his 3-year-old son. He under-went integrative treatment in the Day Unit Program. The drawings series were made by free associations. Clinical observations and group discussions were recorded in the group art therapy protocols. The presented patient got gratifications and support from the group members for his illustration of popular cartoon heroes, and decided to draw Mickey Mouse at home. On the next session he shared his satisfaction for bridging the gap between him and his son, having done the same drawings with his son at home. Beck's depression inventory (BDI) was used for self-rating of depression and a reduction of BDI score from 18 to 6 during the treatment course was recorded. Conclusions. Series of drawings illustrated shift from war related past toward current family life of the war veteran. Group art therapy gave him gratification and support with hope and a sense of belonging, thus facilitated his parenting readjustment.

scholarly journals Clinical and psychological consequences for the families of suicide victim

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.V. Borisonik ◽  
E.B. Lyubov
Keyword(s):  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Psychological Consequences ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Suicide Victim ◽  
The Family ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Suicidal Crisis ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Expert Support

A lot of attention is paid to people in suicidal crisis, while the problems of helping the relatives of the suicide victim are studied less extensively. To offer expert support to the family it is necessary to understand the aims of psychological work. The article presents analysis of protective factors and risk factors that may affect the intensity of the emotional state after the loss. Characteristics of children’s experience of relative’s suicide are described. In contrast to the experience of natural death, relatives of a suicide experience more feelings of guilt and social stigmatization that prevents them from getting informal support. Relatives of a suicide are at risk of developing depression, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, physical illness, drug addiction and suicidal behavior. Literature data shows the need to develop a program of prevention that should be based on the relationship between the survivor and the person who committed suicide, to consider the stage of grief and coping skills he/she possesses.

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