title: Relational Resilience in Māori, Pacific, and European Sole Parent Families: From Theory and Research to Social Policy.
abstract: This study reports findings and policy recommendations from a research project that applied a relational resilience framework to a study of 60 sole parent families in New Zealand, with approximately equal numbers of Māori, Pacific, and European (White) participants. The sole parent families involved were already known to be resilient and the study focused on identifying the relationships and strategies underlying the achievement and maintenance of their resilience. The study was carried out to provide an evidence base for the development and implementation of policies and interventions to both support sole parent families who have achieved resilience and assist those who struggle to do so. The three populations shared many similarities in their pathways to becoming sole parents and the challenges they faced as sole parents. The coping strategies underlying their demonstrated resilience were also broadly similar, but the ways in which they were carried out did vary in a manner that particularly reflected cultural practices in terms of their reliance upon extended family-based support or support from outside the family. The commonalities support the appropriateness of the common conceptual framework used, whereas the differences underline the importance of developing nuanced policy responses that take into account cultural differences between the various populations to which policy initiatives are directed.
authors.affiliation: Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waldegrave
authors.affiliation: Parallax Research, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maniapoto
authors.affiliation: Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Taimalieutu Kiwi
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Tamasese
authors.affiliation: Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Tafaoimalo Loudeen
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: Ginny
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005195:Family Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011640:Public Policy; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012106:Research; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000523:psychology*; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Culturally Diverse Families; Family Resilience; Relational Resilience; Resilience; Resiliencia; Sole Parent Families; familiares culturalmente diversas; familias monoparentales; resiliencia familiar; resiliencia relacional; 关系复原性; 单亲家庭; 复原性; 家庭复原性; 文化多元化家庭