Disability and the family : challenges, resources, and resilience

Around the globe, most families will invariably have to face the challenges associated with the disability of a family member. A child with a learning disorder, an adult who has suffered a spinal cord injury, or an elderly family member who has lost their eyesight or hearing – these are only a few o...

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Other Authors Claster, Patricia Neff (Editor), Blair, Sampson Lee (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2025]
SeriesContemporary perspectives on family research ; 27.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837975938
DOI10.1108/S1530-3535202527
Physical Description1 online resource (340 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Coparenting a Child with Disabilities: Selected Determinants / Monika Parchomiuk
  • Chapter 2. Childhood Disabilities and Differential Parental Time Investments in Siblings / Jocelyn S. Wikle, Ashley Forbush, and Alexander C. Jensen
  • Chapter 3. A Qualitative Analysis of the Experience of Parentification / Barbara Chojnacka
  • Chapter 4. What "Normal" Means to My Family and I: Life as a Young, Chronically Ill Person / Allison Jendry James
  • Chapter 5. Navigating Stigma and Discrimination at Work While Parenting a Child with a Mental Health Disability / Lisa M. Stewart, Claudia Sellmaier, Marin Henderson-Posther, Jessica Lukefahr, and Eileen M. Brennan
  • Chapter 6. The Dynamic Association between Disability and Parenthood in Sweden / Fredinah Namatovu, Erling Häggström Gunfridsson, Johan Junkka, and Lotta Vikström
  • Chapter 7. Latinx Families of Children with Disabilities: Challenges, Supports, and Empowerment Interventions / Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, Isabella Rosas, Mariela Saenz, Janelly Macias-Martinez, and Sandy Magaña
  • Chapter 8. Caring Through It: Mothers' and Daughters' Perspectives on Disability and Interdependence in Financially Struggling White Families / Annaliese Grant and Rachel Litchman
  • Chapter 9. The Well-Being of Croatian Parent Caregivers: Testing the Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Social Support / Jelena Ombla, Marina Vidaković, and Ana Slišković
  • Chapter 10. Improving Family Resilience through Parent to Parent Support: A Pilot Study on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families of Children with Disabilities / Yali Pang and Dana Yarbrough
  • Chapter 11. Disability is a Family Affair / Rhoda Olkin.