A comparative study of deaf children’s family resilience
Keywords:
comparative study, family resilience, deaf children, China, the Czech RepublicAbstract
This study compares families’ adaptation to childhood deafness in China and the Czech Republic. A sample of 160 families with deaf children were studied; 107 from China, 53 from the Czech Republic. The results showed that (1) overall, both family groups demonstrated resilience when facing the risk of childhood deafness by accepting the children’s deafness, functioning normally, and expecting a good future for their children; (2) Chinese families and Czech families did not demonstrate significant differences in the overall outcome of positive adaptation but displayed apparent differences in adaptive patterns; (3) Chinese families were impacted more severely than Czech families by childhood deafness due to the lack of adequate social support, but cohesive family relationships and more positive changes in family belief such as optimism, altruism and tolerance toward differences might mediate the adverse impact caused by children’s deafness.References
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Haan, L. D., Hawley, D. R. & Deal, J. E. (2002). Operationalizing family resilience: A methodological strategy. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 30, 275-291.
Heru, A. M. (2006). Understanding families: From criticalness to resilience. Medicine and health Rhode Island, 89(5), 178-181.
Hintermair, M. (2000b). Children who are hearing impaired with additional disabilities and related aspects of parental stress. Exceptional children, 66(3), 327-332.
Jackson, C. W., Turnbull, A. (2004). Impact of deafness on family life: a review of the literature. Topics in early childhood special education, 24(1), 15-29.
Ju, Y. & Chu, Y. (1996). Understanding China: Centre stage of the fourth power. New York: State University of New York.
King, G. A., Brown, E. G. & Smith, L. K. (2003). Resilience: Learning from people with disabilities and the turning points in their lives. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
King, G. A., Zwaigenbaum, L., King, S., Baxter, D., Rosenbaum, P. & Bates, A. (2005). A qualitative investigation of changes in the belief systems of families of children with autism or down syndrome. Child: care, health & development, 32(3), 353-369.
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Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. (2010). State social support benefits. Retrieved from: http://www.mpsv.cz/en/1612#sspb.
Patterson, J. M. (2002). Integrating family resilience and family stress theory. Journal of marriage and family, 64, 349-360.Švarcova, N. & Švarc, P. (2009). The financial impact of government policies on families with children in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. AUCO (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Oeconomica). Czech economic review, 3, 48-68.
United Nations Development Programme (2009). Human development report 2009. http://www.undp.org/publications/annualreport2009/report.shtml.
Walsh, F. (2002). A family resilience framework: Innovative practice applications. Family relations, 51(2), 130-137.
World Health Organization. (2001). International classification of functioning, disability and health: ICF. Geneva: WHO Press.
Xu A. Q. (2007). Chinese family strengths and resiliency. Marriage & Family Review, 41(1-2), 143-164.
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2012-12-01
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Shenglin, L., & Potměšil, M. (2012). A comparative study of deaf children’s family resilience. Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Psychologica, 5(1), 28–43. Retrieved from https://studia-psychologica.uken.krakow.pl/article/view/5577
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