he hospitalization of children has been considered as a very stressful event that negatively affects the parental subjective and psychological well-being connected to resilient resources and adaptive coping strategies. The aim of this study was to examine the differences in resilience, coping strategies, and well-being between a selected group of parents of short-term hospitalized children and parents of healthy children, and to analyze the correlations among these psychological dimensions in parents of hospitalized children. Parents were asked to complete the Resilience Scale, the CISS, and the PWBs. Results demonstrated that both parents of short-term hospitalized children and those of healthy children showed comparable levels of resilience and of psychological well-being, and adopted the same strategies mainly focused on task-oriented coping. In addition, the more the parents of hospitalized children were resilient, the more they used the task-oriented coping and considered themselves as able to be autonomous, to manage their own environment, to reach the established goals, and to cultivate a positive self-image; moreover, the more these parents used task-oriented coping, the more they felt themselves highly autonomous, able to manage easily their own environment, and to develop a positive self-representation in relation to their children care. These findings probably depend on both the severity of illness considered as temporary diseases or transient state of illness rather than as chronic disease and the short-term hospitalization. Future research is needed to deepen the different impact of long-term versus short-term hospitalization and the effects of children's illness severity on parental well-being

Differences in resilience, coping, and well-being between parents of short-term hospitalized children and parents of healthy children

Sagone E.
;
De Caroli M. E.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Falanga R.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
2019-01-01

Abstract

he hospitalization of children has been considered as a very stressful event that negatively affects the parental subjective and psychological well-being connected to resilient resources and adaptive coping strategies. The aim of this study was to examine the differences in resilience, coping strategies, and well-being between a selected group of parents of short-term hospitalized children and parents of healthy children, and to analyze the correlations among these psychological dimensions in parents of hospitalized children. Parents were asked to complete the Resilience Scale, the CISS, and the PWBs. Results demonstrated that both parents of short-term hospitalized children and those of healthy children showed comparable levels of resilience and of psychological well-being, and adopted the same strategies mainly focused on task-oriented coping. In addition, the more the parents of hospitalized children were resilient, the more they used the task-oriented coping and considered themselves as able to be autonomous, to manage their own environment, to reach the established goals, and to cultivate a positive self-image; moreover, the more these parents used task-oriented coping, the more they felt themselves highly autonomous, able to manage easily their own environment, and to develop a positive self-representation in relation to their children care. These findings probably depend on both the severity of illness considered as temporary diseases or transient state of illness rather than as chronic disease and the short-term hospitalization. Future research is needed to deepen the different impact of long-term versus short-term hospitalization and the effects of children's illness severity on parental well-being
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