Influence of Self Esteem, Family Function and Social Support on Wellness of Mothers of Children with Disabilities

In order to address the main research problem, the authors determined the correlation between personal predictors, i.e. the level of self-esteem measured by Fitts’ Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, the styles of coping with stress examined by Endler & Parkers’ Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations, the intensity of social support measured by Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, and the level of educational aspirations of parents of children with disabilities, assessed by K. Parental Aspirations Questionnaire. The research involved 247 mothers and fathers of children with visual, auditory, motor and intellectual disabilities. Only full families were investigated. The research relied on multiple step-wise regression analysis, factor analysis, and path analysis for mothers and fathers separately. The high level of aspirations for the education of children with disabilities was dependent on the positive self-esteem of both mothers and fathers. The article presents a discussion of the results, study limitations, practical implications and future research areas.

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Effects of Family Function, Social Support and Self-esteem on Elementary School Children's Problem Behavior

Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies ◽

10.16999/kasws.2007..33.215 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol null (33) ◽

pp. 215-236 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Hyemee Yoon ◽

류나미

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Elementary School ◽

Problem Behavior ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Family Function

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THE INCREASING MODEL OF FAMILY’S SOCIAL SUPPORT AND CHILD WITH DISABILITY’S ENVIRONMENT

Journal Sampurasun Interdisciplinary Studies for Cultural Heritage ◽

10.23969/sampurasun.v3i2.427 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 56

Author(s):

Rini Hartini

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Action Research ◽

Children With Disabilities ◽

Model Development ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Work Activities ◽

Development Models ◽

The Family ◽

Depth Interviews

Social support from family and the environment is one of the important variables that can support the development of children with disabilities. The purposes of the research are to know, understand and analyze; (1) social support received by children with disabilities from the family and the child's environment before the implamentation of the model; (2) design and implementation of the family and environmental social support development model; (3) social support received by child with disabity from the family and the environment of the child after the implementation of the model. This action research has involved 21 informants, consists of eight mothers, three fathers, eight children, one aunt and one grandmother. Data collection techniques are through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, participatory observation and documentation study. The research results show that social support before the implementation of model from family and the environment already exists but is still very minimum. After implementation of the model, social support from the family increased in all aspects of social support, they are: in the aspects of instrumental support, informational support, emotional support, self-esteem support, and support from the surrounding environment. The process of action research involved the active participation of informants to engage in social support development models through social work activities at micro, mezzo and macro scope. Indonesia which has a social capital in the form of a strong sense of kinship, it becomes the basis of model development. Involving the family and the environment directly in developed model, it is result more optimal social support system that can be provided to their children with disabilities.

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Family Function and Self-esteem among Chinese University Students with and without Grandparenting Experience: Moderating Effect of Social Support

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00886 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jingyu Shi ◽

Lu Wang ◽

Yuhong Yao ◽

Na Su ◽

Xudong Zhao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

University Students ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

Family Function ◽

Chinese University ◽

Chinese University Students

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Assess Psoriasis Patients' Social Support, Self-Esteem

Skin & Allergy News ◽

10.1016/s0037-6337(07)70807-0 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 38 (10) ◽

pp. 45

Author(s):

DAMIAN MCNAMARA

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Self Esteem

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Suicide Attempters, Suicide Ideators, and Non-Ideators

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000554 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. 294-297 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tobias Teismann ◽

Laura Paashaus ◽

Paula Siegmann ◽

Peter Nyhuis ◽

Marcus Wolter ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Support ◽

Protective Factors ◽

Suicide Ideation ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Positive Mental Health ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Reasons For Living ◽

Suicide Attempters

Abstract. Background: Suicide ideation is a prerequisite for suicide attempts. However, the majority of ideators will never act on their thoughts. It is therefore crucial to understand factors that differentiate those who consider suicide from those who make suicide attempts. Aim: Our aim was to investigate the role of protective factors in differentiating non-ideators, suicide ideators, and suicide attempters. Method: Inpatients without suicide ideation ( n = 32) were compared with inpatients with current suicide ideation ( n = 37) and with inpatients with current suicide ideation and a lifetime history of suicide attempts ( n = 26) regarding positive mental health, self-esteem, trust in higher guidance, social support, and reasons for living. Results: Non-ideators reported more positive mental health, social support, reasons for living, and self-esteem than suicide ideators and suicide attempters did. No group differences were found regarding trust in higher guidance. Suicide ideators and suicide attempters did not differ regarding any of the study variables. Limitations: Results stem from a cross-sectional study of suicide attempts; thus, neither directionality nor generalizability to fatal suicide attempts can be determined. Conclusion: Various protective factors are best characterized to distinguish ideators from nonsuicidal inpatients. However, the same variables seem to offer no information about the difference between ideators and attempters.

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