Indicators of resilience in family members of adults with serious mental illness.
This integrative review summarizes current research on resilience in adult family members who have a relative with a diagnosed mental disorder considered serious. Within the context of resilience theory, studies identifying risk/vulnerability and positive/protective factors in family members are summarized, and studies examining 7 indicators of resilience, including acceptance, hardiness, hope, mastery, self-efficacy, sense of coherence, and resourcefulness, are described. Implications for clinical practice and recommendations for future research are presented.
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 2120 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA. Electronic address: jaz@case.edu.
Jaclene A
JA
Zauszniewski
Marquette University College of Nursing, 530 North 16th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, USA.
Abir K
AK
Bekhet
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 2120 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA.
M Jane
MJ
Suresky
Family caregivers; Positive/protective factors; Resilience; Risk/vulnerability factors; Serious mental illness