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Aile Yılmazlığı: Bir Engele Rağmen Birlikte Güçlenen Aileler

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In this study, it is aimed to investigate the family resilience in families with an exceptional child. This study is qualitative in nature and it is conducted on 6 married couples with parental interviewing method. Qualitative data were collected with the Family Resilience Interviewing Form based on Walsh’s (1998) Family Resilience Model and Authenticity System Model developed by the authors. Qualitative data were analyzed with content analysis. Major findings of the study appears to be that the most significant contributors of family resilience are social support, spirituality, maintaining positive view, intrafamily connectedness, flexibility and relational authenticity.
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... The literature has explored resilience through various perspectives, including individual resilience, family resilience and relational resilience. Family resilience, similar to psychological resilience, refers to the strength of the family system in effectively coping with life's difficulties and stressors (Özbay & Aydoğan, 2013). In this context, parents' perceptions of resilience are evaluated (Kaner & Bayraklı, 2010). ...
... From this perspective, resilience is considered a concept closely tied to both family relations and social relations (Gürgan, 2006). Additionally, research has shown that individual resilience of family members and social support from friends impact the family's ability to adapt to stressful events (Özbay & Aydoğan, 2013). Similarly, it is emphasized that factors such as emotional closeness levels in family communication and the presence of domestic violence are emphasized as influential in the development of misogynistic attitudes (Evrenol-Öçal, 2019). ...
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... Woodhead Northrop ve Edelstein (30) ile Rodriguez (11) tarafından yürütülen çalışmalarda da tükenmişlik ve sosyal destek arasındaki anlamlı ilişki ortaya koyulmuştur. Yapılan araştırmalar yetersizlikten etkilenmiş çocuğa sahip ailelerin öz yeterlik ve yılmazlık düzeylerinin artmasında sosyal desteğin olumlu etkisi olduğu bulgusunu ortaya koymaktadır (31). Literatürde yetersizlikten etkilenmiş çocuğa sahip olan ailelerin sosyal destek ve rehberlik hizmetlerinden yeterli oranda faydalandıklarında çocuklarının yetersizlik durumunu kabul seviyelerinin ve yılmazlık durumlarının arttığına yönelik araştırmalara da rastlanmıştır (24). ...
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Amaç: Yapılan araştırma işitme engelli ve normal gelişim gösteren çocuklara sahip ailelerde sosyal destek, tükenmişlik ve yılmazlık düzeylerinin karşılaştırmalı incelenmesi amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Özel eğitim gerektiren çocuklara sahip olmak travmatik stres bozukluğu, duygu durumuna ilişkin sorunlar ve evlilik sürecine ilişkin yaşam sorunları üretebilmektedir. Bu yaşantılara neden olabilecek aracı değişkenlerin tür, düzey ve ilişkilerinin ortaya konulması çocuk gelişim süreci ve ailelere sağlanacak çok yönlü destek için destek sağlayacaktır. Bu amaçlara erişmek için kurgulanan araştırmada her iki gruba düşen ebeveynlere Yenilenmiş Anne-Baba Sosyal Destek Ölçeği (YABSDÖ), Aile Yılmazlık Ölçeği (AYÖ) ve Maslach Tükenmişlik Ölçeği (MTÖ) uygulanmıştır. Araştırıma grubunu Samsun, Trabzon, Ordu, Rize ve Ankara il merkezlerinde yaşayan takvim yaşı 5-17 arası olan, işitme engeli olan ve normal gelişim gösteren çocukların aileleri oluşturmuştur. Araştırma grubunu 315 anne baba oluşturmaktadır. İstatistiksel hesaplamalarda iki grup arasındaki karşılaştırma için t testi, ailelerin yılmazlık düzeylerini sosyal destek ve tükenme düzeyi ile ortak bir model içerisinde yordamak içinse korelasyon ve aşamalı regresyon analizinden yararlanılmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırma sonuçları, işitme engelli ve normal gelişim gösteren çocuğa sahip ebeveynlerin sosyal destek (YABSDÖ), yılmazlık (AYÖ) ve tükenmişlik (MTÖ) puanlarının anlamlı düzeyde farklılık gösterdiğini; işitme engelli çocuğa sahip ebeveynlerin normal gelişim gösteren çocuğa sahip ebeveynlere kıyasla sosyal destek ve yılmazlık düzeylerinin anlamlı ölçüde daha düşük, tükenmişlik düzeylerinin anlamlı ölçüde daha yüksek olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç: İşitme engelli olan ve normal gelişim gösteren çocuğa sahip ailelerin yılmazlık düzeylerini yordamak için gerçekleştirilen aşamalı regresyon analizinde sosyal destek ve tükenmişlik değişkenlerinin yılmazlık için anlamlı bir yordayıcı olduğu ortaya koyulmuştur.
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