| A Study on the Development and Effectiveness Verification of a Program Designed to Strengthen Family Resilience of Inpatients with Cancer and Their Families |
| Moo-Hee Yang1, Gyung-Ja Yoon2 |
1Department of Family Studies, Silla University
2Department of Childcare & Family Counseling, Dong-Eui University |
| Corresponding Author:
Gyung-Ja Yoon ,Tel: +82-51-890-1584, Fax: +82-51-890-2645, Email: gjyoon@deu.ac.kr |
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Received: November 11, 2011; Revised: November 14, 2011 Accepted: December 20, 2011. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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This study aims to develop a program for enhancing family resilience in cancer patients along with their family members and verify its effectiveness. The subjects were inpatients with cancer and their families, totaling 46 subjects at an university hospital in Busan. They were divided into two groups, the participating group who were in an experiment and the control group who were not taking part in the experiment. Then family resilience was measured before and after completing the program sessions. The program was conducted once a week, 4 times, for two hours. The participating group of family resilience strengthening program showed higher family resilience compared with that of the control group. The results suggest that family resilience can be enhanced through adversity. It also verifies that family resilience of family members with cancer patients can be strengthened by expressing emotion, conveying deep affection, and sufficiently supporting one another through the family resilience strengthening approach. |
| Keywords:
family resilience, family belief system, family organizational patterns, family communication processes, problem-solving, cancer patient |
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