CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF FAMILY RESILIENCE
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Family resilience is a dynamic process that helps families to navigate and overcome adversities and crises. The introduction of general systems theory and its application to family therapy further contributed to developing the concept of family resilience. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of family resilience while highlighting some of the challenges in its conceptualization, whose reconsideration might be of broader importance in future research. Starting from the understanding of the development path of the concept of family resilience, this paper provides insight into how to view the key constructs incorporated in the concept of family resilience. Following this, emphasis in this paper is given to the challenges in conceptualizing family resilience. These challenges include definitions of family resilience, central terms used in models, and variations in the operationalization and measurement of key constructs. The models of family resilience presented in the paper are the ones considered influential in contemporary family studies. They provide frameworks for understanding the processes and cycles involved in family adjustment, adaptation, and response to stress and crisis. The conceptual review offered by this paper could contribute to conducting further research on family resilience.
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Buehler, C. (2020). Family Processes and Children's and Adolescents' Well‐being. Journal of Marriage and Family, 1(82), 145–174. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12637
Card, N. A., & Barnett, M. A. (2015). Methodological considerations in studying individual and family resilience. Family Relations: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies, 64(1), 120–133. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12102
Coatsworth, J. D., & Duncan, L. (2003). Fostering resilience: A strengths-based approach to mental health. Publication Series. PA CASSP Training and Technical Assistance Institute.
Hawley, D. R. (2013). The Ramifications for Clinical Practice of a Focus on family resilience. In D. S.Bevcar (Ed.), Handbook of family resilience (pp. 31–49). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3917-2_3
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Luthar, S. S., Cicchetti, D., & Becker, B. (2000). The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work. Child Development, 71(3), 543–562. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00164
Mackay, R. (2003). Family Resilience and Good Child Outcomes: An Overview of the Research Literature. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 20, 98–118.
MacPhee, D., Lunkenheimer, E., & Riggs, N. (2015). Resilience as Regulation of Developmental and Family Processes. Family Relations, 64(1), 153–175. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12100
Maurović, I., Liebenberg, L., & Ferić, M. (2020). A Review of Family Resilience: Understanding the Concept and Operationalization Challenges to Inform Research and Practice. Child Care in Practice, 26(4), 337–357. https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2020.1792838
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McCubbin, M. A., McCubbin, H. I., & Thompson, A. I. (1996). Family Problem Solving Communication (FPSC). In H. I. McCubbin, A. I. Thompson, & M. A. McCubbin (Eds.), Family Assessment: Resiliency, Coping, and Adaptation-Inventories for Research and Practice (pp. 639–688). University of Wisconsin.
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Schetter, C. D., & Dolbier, C. (2011). Resilience in the Context of Chronic Stress and Health in Adults. Social and personality psychology compass, 5(9), 634–652. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00379.x
Sixby, M. T. (2005). Development of the Family Resilience Assessment Scale to Identify Family Resilience Constructs [Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida]. Institutional Repository at the University of Florida (Ir@uf) http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0012882/00001.
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Von Bertalanffy, L. (1968). General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications. George Braziller.
Walsh, F. (1993). Family resilience: A framework for clinical practice. Family Process, 32(2), 141–161. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00001.x
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Walsh, F. (2003). Family resilience: Strengths forged through adversity. In F. Walsh (Ed.), Normal family processes: Growing diversity and complexity (3rd ed., pp. 399–427). Guilford Press.
Zobenica, A. J. (2012). Učinak sistemske terapije na rezilijentnost porodica alkoholičara [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Belgrade. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/bg20121105zobenica