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Analytic components

Study design

Participants

Social-cultural context

Theoretical framework

Attributes

Antecedents (stressors)

Antecedents (facilitators)

Consequences

Ahlert et al. (2012)

Mixed method

54 families across four racial groups

Four main racial groups in South Africa including Black, White, Colored, and Indian

Resiliency model of stress, adjustment, and adaptation

∙ Interconnectedness

∙ Resourcefulness

∙ Collaborative problem-solving

∙ Open communication patterns

∙ Families with deaf or hard of hearing children

∙ Spirituality

∙ Adaptation and coping with stresses

Greeff et al. (2008)

Qualitative

26 adolescents

∙ 51 parents

∙ Xhosa-speaking

∙ Deeply imbedded spirituality in Africans

Not specified

∙ Resourcefulness

∙ Experiencing either the death of a child or a serious financial setback

∙ Spirituality

∙ Adaptation and bounce back from a crisis period

Greeff et al. (2011)

Mixed method

∙ 89 bereaved parents

∙ 67 bereaved siblings

∙ Flemish- speaking

∙ Belgium

Resiliency model

∙ Collective confidence

∙ Interconnectedness

∙ Positive life view

∙ Resourcefulness

∙ Experiencing the death of children before 3 to 6 years

∙ Spirituality

∙ Family adaptation after the loss (family sense of coherence)

Levine (2009)

Qualitative

15 single mothers

Not specified

Family stress and coping theory

Family adjustment and adaptation response.

Family resilience framework

∙ Positive life view

∙ Resourcefulness

∙ Single mother of children with disability

∙ Not specified

∙ Resilience building

McDermott et al. (2010)

Descriptive

∙ 568 children

∙ 441 parents

A history of a very severe cyclone

Not specified

∙ Collective confidence

∙ Open communication patterns

∙ Experiencing a disaster (cyclone)

∙ Not specified

∙ Low family resilience was associated with child’s emotional problems

Shin et al. (2010)

Descriptive

∙ 178 adolescents with parental divorce

Three different

types of primary caregiver in divorced families (fathers, mothers, and grandparents)

Resiliency model of family stress, adjustment and adaptation

∙ Positive life view

∙ Resourcefulness

∙ Open communication patterns

∙ Collaborative problem-solving

∙ Parental divorce

∙ Adolescents’ adjustment