Self-esteem of parents with intellectually disabled children in relation to the support of selected social groups

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Guzowski ◽  
E. Krajewska–Kułak
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
General Support ◽  
Sources Of Support

Introduction: In the literature on the problem of social support, besides family sources of support, (husband, wife, children, parents, siblings, relatives), a role of friends, acquaintances and neighbors is emphasized. Purpose: To assess types and level of support that parents receive from specific social groups. Materials and methods: The study included 108 mothers and 108 fathers of intellectually disabled children. We used the original questionnaire and the standardized scale of Social Support by KmiecikBaran. Results: There were differences between the parents in emotional support (standard deviation 3.519), the lowest in informative support (deviation 2.744). General support was poor in the opinion of 34.6% of the parents. Average institutional support related to 42.9% of the parents, strong evaluative support – 37.1% and strong emotional support – 41%. The parents received the strongest informative, institutional, evaluative and emotional support from nurses and physicians. Spouses of the examined gave them poor informative, emotional and institutional support and average evaluative support. Statistically, the fathers received significantly stronger evaluative and emotional support – by more than one point, and by more than 3 points in case of general support than mothers. Conclusions: The parents received average social support, however, it was below the average for the Polish adult population. The spouses gave them poor informative, emotional and institutional support and average evaluative support; teachers, physicians and nurses – average support in all categories, however, in case of the two latter – institutional and evaluative support was close to the above-average values. The fathers enjoyed moderately stronger evaluative, emotional and general support from teachers, physicians and nurses than mothers.

Role of perceived social support in depressive and somatic symptoms experienced by Bedouin Arab and Jewish Israeli undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Abu-Kaf ◽  
Golan Shahar ◽  
Gal Noyman-Veksler ◽  
Beatriz Priel
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Arab Students

Elevated levels of depressive and somatic symptoms have been documented among college students. Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of Bedouin Arab students studying at institutions of higher education in southern Israel. To date, research on coping and mental health problems among students who are members of this ethnic minority has been limited. This study examined the role of three aspects of perceived social support – availability, satisfaction, and the ability to get emotional support – in predicting depressive and somatic symptoms among Jewish Israeli and Bedouin Arab college students. A total of 89 Bedouin and 101 Jewish first-year students participated in this study, which involved two assessment waves 12 to 14 months apart. Participants completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms, somatic complaints, three aspects of perceived social support, and demographics. At Time 1, Bedouin students exhibited higher levels of depressive and somatic symptoms and lower levels of all three aspects of social support. Regression analyses showed that level of emotional support was a prospective predictor of somatization at Time 2. Moreover, when levels of emotional support were low, ethnic group predicted depression at Time 2; emotional support predicted depression only among Bedouin Arabs. The present study highlights the importance of the use of emotional support in predicting somatic complaints and depressive symptoms specifically among Bedouin Arab students. Clinical implications on intervention programs for ethnic minority students will be discussed.

Social Support in Daily Life at Reentry

2020 ◽  
pp. 197-218
Author(s):  
Naomi F. Sugie ◽  
Dallas Augustine
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Release From Prison

Throughout the reentry literature, there is widespread recognition about the central role of social support—including emotional and instrumental support—to prevent recidivism and promote integration. Although emotional support is often considered a relatively more important construct than instrumental support in scholarship on stress and coping, reentry research generally focuses on the provision of material and informational resources. This chapter analyzes novel data—daily open-ended survey questions via smartphones about a person’s most important positive and negative points of the day—to understand the types of social support that people most value in their daily lives in the immediate months after release from prison. Using this approach, the chapter describes the importance of spending time with others, the central role of children, and changes in support over time. The chapter concludes by recommending that reentry scholars pay greater attention to the construct of emotional support in studies of recidivism and integration.

Social Support and Happiness in Immigrant Women in Spain

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 977-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Dominguez-Fuentes ◽  
María Isabel Hombrados-Mendieta
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Instrumental Support ◽  
Informational Support ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sources Of Support

The association between perceived social support and happiness was investigated in women who are members of various associations in Malaga (Spain) that work with immigrant women. Based on the Social Convoy model, the association between sources of support, frequency of support, satisfaction with support, and happiness reported by women were examined. The main social support predictor of happiness was satisfaction with the support received. Thus, the best predictors of happiness were emotional support from the family and instrumental support from the indigenous population and associations. The best predictor of frequency of support was the frequency of informational support received from social services. These results may prove useful for developing lines of action or interventions centred on the social network and the functions that social support can fulfil among immigrant women.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF SOCIAL COMMERCE CONSTRUCTS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND TRUST IN COMMUNITY ON SOCIAL COMMERCE ACTIVITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Amir Hidayatulloh
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Information Support ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
The Social ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
The Individual

This study  aims  to  analyze  social  commerce  constructs, social  support,  and  individual  trust in the  community   in   social   commerce   activities.   Social   support   includes   emotional   support  and informational  support.  The population  was  social  media  users, while  the  samples were  social media users who had made purchase at least two transactions through social media. The sampling technique was convenience sampling. Totally, 162 respondents were involved. Hypothesis testing was  done using  Warp PLS. This study  reveals that individual  trust in  the community  can be built directly  through  the social  commerce  constructs. These  constructs affects both  emotional  support and information support, in which they will ultimately affect the individual trust in the community. Furthermore,  social  commerce  intention  is influenced  by  individual  trust in  the community  and emotional  support.  However,  information  support does not  affect  the social commerce  intention.

“Every One of Them Are Worth It”: Blanche Van Leuven Browne and the Education of the “Crippled Child”

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-350
Author(s):  
Leanna Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Disability Rights ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Physically Disabled ◽  
Orthopedic Disabilities ◽  
Physically Disabled Children ◽  
Future Citizen ◽  
Hospital School

Many rights struggles have promoted education and learning as proof of citizenship and capacity, and disability rights movements are no exception. Blanche Van Leuven Browne, one early twentieth-century polio survivor, reimagined the possibilities of education for “crippled children” by approaching schooling as not only preparation for vocational work but as a sign of disabled children's social worthiness. This article explores the role of education in Browne's life and work, from her childhood in the 1880s to the Detroit hospital-school for physically disabled children she operated from 1907 to 1918. Browne's educational approach emphasized writing and citizenship to (re)define the identity of the “crippled child,” envisioning each as an intelligent future citizen. This approach contrasted with predominant contemporary medical, philanthropic, and educational approaches, which emphasized medical care and vocational training for children with orthopedic disabilities. It also distanced physically disabled children from intellectually disabled children, who were key cultural targets of eugenic fears.

scholarly journals GERAKAN SOSIAL RUMAH SEHAT DAN IMUNISASI BCG SEBAGAI LANGKAH MENURUNKAN KEJADIAN TUBERKULOSIS (TB) ANAK

HUMANIKA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mila Mardotillah ◽  
Rini Susetyawati Soemarwoto ◽  
Yogi Suprayogi Sugandhi
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
Healthy Homes ◽  
Tb Treatment ◽  
Healthy Housing ◽  
Improve Health

ABSTRAKDalam upaya preventif dan promotif untuk meningkatan derajat kesehatan, setiap individu dan keluarga harus memahami konsep sakit dan sehat.  Pemahaman konsep tersebut dapat membantu setiap orang dalam memelihara kesehatannya dengan bantuan medis dan sosial sekitarnya.  Bantuan sosial merupakan lingkungan dimana seorang anak tumbuh dan berkembang.  Dukungan sosial dalam mewujudkan kondisi rumah sehat dan dilaksanakannya imunisasi BCG merupakan kondisi yang dibutuhkan anak dalam upaya menghindarkan dari penyakit TBC Anak.  Kehidupan anak akan banyak dihabiskan di rumah sehingga orang tua harus memahami bagaimana kondisi rumah yang sehat sebagai penunjang kesehatan keluarga juga status imunisasi balita yang harus dipenuhi oleh orang tua karena merupakan hak anak dalam mendapatkan status kesehatan yang layak.  Rumah sehat dan imunisasi BCG merupakan upaya dalam menurunkan angka TB pada anak.  Peranan dan pengetahuan orang tua akan pentingnya kedua hal tersebut menjadi kunci utama keberhasilan penanganan TB pada anak dari segi preventif dan peran promosi kesehatan sangat berar dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan orang tua pada kejadian TB anak.  Dukungan kelompok sosial yang terbentuk di masyarakat melalui peran kader, tokoh agama, tokoh masyarakat dan aparat merupakan hal penting dalam menggerakan keberhasilan penanganan TBC Anak melalui kondisi rumah sehat dan imunisasi BCG.  ABSTRACTIn an effort preventive and promotion to improve health degree, individuals and families must understand the concept of sick and healthy. Understanding of the concept can help everyone in maintaining their health with the help of medical and social surroundings. Social assistance is an environment which a child grows and develops. Social support in creating a healthy home conditions and the implementation of BCG immunization is necessary condition of the child in an effort to prevent child’s TB disease. Child’s life would be a lot of spent time at home, so parents need to understand how healthy housing conditions as well as the support of family health also immunization status that must be met by parents for a child's rights in obtaining proper health status. Healthy homes and BCG immunization is an effort to reduce the number of child’s TB. The role and knowledge of parents to the importance of these two things is major key to the success of child’s TB treatment in terms of preventive and health promotion role very valuable in enhancing parents knowledgeable on child TB incidence. Support for social groups that formed in the communities through the role of cadres, religious figures, community figures and officials is important things for the successful of children tuberculosis treatment through healthy housing conditions and BCG immunization.

Role of Stress and Age in Resilience Among Parents of the Children with Intellectual Disability

2022 ◽  
pp. 1428-1438
Author(s):  
Santhosh Kareepadath Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Older Parents ◽  
Stress Scale ◽  
Resilience Scale ◽  
Children With Intellectual Disability

Parents of children with intellectual disability face various stressful situations. However, many of them show resilience even in the midst of challenges and are able to meaningfully contribute to the life of the child. In the present study, the factors of stress that hinder resilience are assessed in a sample of 50 parents of intellectually disabled children. Stress scale for parents of mentally challenged (SPMC) developed by Rejitha, Biji, and Jayan was used to measure the stress of the parents. Resilience was measured using the Bharathiar University resilience scale, developed by Annalakshmi. Results showed extra-familial stress as a significant inverse predictor of resilience. Older parents are relatively more resilient when compared to the younger.

scholarly journals Differential Impact of Types of Social Support in the Mental Health of Formerly Incarcerated Latino Men

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Muñoz-Laboy ◽  
Nicolette Severson ◽  
Ashley Perry ◽  
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Health Indicators ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Latino Men ◽  
Formerly Incarcerated ◽  
The Impact

The role of social support in the mental health of formerly incarcerated Latino men (FILM) is an issue overlooked in public health prevention efforts. The objectives of this analysis were to (a) describe the levels of social support perceived and received by FILM; (b) identify the associations, if any, between levels of social support and mental health indicators such as depression and anxiety; and (c) explore the impact of familism and hypermasculinity on the receptivity of social support and the potential role of these factors in mediating associations between social support and mental health indicators. To accomplish the objectives, we conducted a cross-sectional survey with FILM ( n = 259), ages 18 to 59, in New York City, and one nominated member of their social network ( n = 130 dyads). In this analysis, we examined four dimensions of social support (instrumental, informational, appraisal, and emotional) from two perspectives: provided (as reported by members of the social networks) and perceived (as reported by FILM). The major outcome variables for this analysis were the presence/absence of major anxiety and depressive symptoms. Our logistic regression analyses suggest that perceived emotional support was inversely associated with both anxiety and depression. Our findings suggest that familism mediated the association between perceived emotional support and anxiety/depression. Therefore, we must consider designing network enhancement interventions that focus on both FILM and their social support systems.

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