Resilience contributes to the individual adjustment of family members providing support to relatives with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or spinal cord injury (SCI)

Anderson, Malcolm

Daher, Maysaa

Simpson, Grahame K

English

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Avondale College ResearchOnline@Avondale Nursing and Health Conference Papers School of Nursing 6-2016 Does Resilience Influence Ways of Coping among Families Supporting Relatives With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury or Spinal Cord Injury? Grahame K. Simpson Liverpool Hospital, grahame.simpson@sswahs.nsw.gov.au Malcolm Anderson Avondale College of Higher Education, malcolm.anderson@avondale.edu.au Maysaa Daher Liverpool Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit, maysaa.daher@sswahs.nsw.gov.au Follow this and additional works at: https://research.avondale.edu.au/nh_conferences  Part of the Nursing Commons Recommended Citation Simpson, G., Anderson, M., & Daher, M. (2016). Does resilience influence ways of coping among families supporting relatives with severe traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury? Paper presented at the International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, Singapore. Abstract retrieved from http://www.icsw2016singapore.org/index.php/abstracts/published-abstract This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Nursing at ResearchOnline@Avondale. It has been accepted for inclusion in Nursing and Health Conference Papers by an authorized administrator of ResearchOnline@Avondale. For more information, please contact alicia.starr@avondale.edu.au.    • Other Supporting Organisations: Care Corner SingaporeAbstract Preview Abstract Title Does resilience influence ways of coping among families supporting relatives with severe traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury?  Type Oral Presentation  Theme Enhancing Human Condition: Negotiating and Creating Change  Topic Disability  Authors Main Author Dr Grahame Simpson1  Presenting Author Dr Grahame Simpson1  Co-Author Dr Malcolm Anderson1  Ms Maysaa Daher1  Authors' Institution Department / Institution / Country Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research Group / Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research / Australia1 Content  Abstract Content Resilience contributes to the individual adjustment of family members providing support to relatives with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or spinal cord injury (SCI). Contemporary formulations suggest that rather than being a personality trait, resilience is a set of skills that can be learned. The study investigated whether there are resilience-based differences in patterns of family member coping. A multi-centre prospective cross-sectional study was undertaken in New South Wales Australia. Family participants (n=139) completed the Resilience Scale and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire. There were no significant sex-based differences, and no differences between families supporting a relative with TBI versus SCI on the two measures. Between groups analysis (t-tests) found that family members with moderate to high resilience scores on the Resilience Scale (n=80, HRS) were more likely to use planful problem solving, distancing, confrontive coping and seeking social support (all p<.001) compared to families with lower resilience scores (n=59, LRS). Families reporting HRS were also more likely to use an overall Problem-focused coping approach, and were significantly less likely to use escape-avoidance ways of coping compared to families reporting LRS (trend, p<.05). Results provide guidance for developing skills-based interventions to strengthen resilience among LRS families. Keywords: traumatic brain injury; spinal cord injury; family; resilience; coping Requires Audio or Video system for Presentation?: No  •  Changi General Hospital 

Does Resilience Influence Ways of Coping among Families Supporting Relatives With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury or Spinal Cord Injury?

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Does Resilience Influence Ways of Coping among Families Supporting Relatives With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury or Spinal Cord Injury?

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