Family Resilience in Primary Caregivers of Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
American journal of audiology(2024)
Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate family resilience—defined as the capacity of a family to harness its collective strengths and resources to recover from and adapt to significant adversities or crises effectively—in primary caregivers of children who are deaf and hard of hearing (cDHH) and its association with quality of life, life satisfaction, perceived social support, and loneliness. Method: The study involved 108 primary caregivers of cDHH and 139 primary caregivers of children with normal hearing. Participants underwent psychometric evaluations including the Family Resilience Scale, World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment–Brief Form, Satisfaction with Life Scale, UCLA Loneliness Scale, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Results: Significant differences were found in almost every scale and its subdimension between the two groups ( p < .05). Correlation analysis revealed significant correlations between all scale total scores for both groups ( p < .05, .153 < | r | < .737). Quality of life was found to be a significant predictor of family resilience, F (1, 139) = 41.824, R 2 = .279, B = 0.495, t = 6.467, p < .001. Conclusions: Our study highlights the significant impact of having cDHH on caregivers' family resilience, quality of life, life satisfaction, feelings of loneliness, and perceived social support. The results underscore the importance of enhancing caregivers' quality of life as a potential strategy to improve their family resilience. Further research is needed to understand the complex interplay of factors influencing these outcomes.
MoreTranslated text
AI Read Science
Must-Reading Tree
Example
![](https://originalfileserver.aminer.cn/sys/aminer/pubs/mrt_preview.jpeg)
Generate MRT to find the research sequence of this paper
Chat Paper
Summary is being generated by the instructions you defined