TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping with information style and family burden
T2 - Possible roles of self-stigma and hope among parents of children in a psychiatric inpatient unit
AU - Hasson-Ohayon, I.
AU - Pijnenborg, G. H.M.
AU - Ben-Pazi, A.
AU - Taitel, S.
AU - Goldzweig, G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - Objective Parents of children who are hospitalized in inpatient psychiatric units must cope with significant challenges. One of these challenges relates to the way in which they cope with illness-related information. The current study examined the relationship between two such coping styles – monitoring and blunting – and family burden among parents of children in a psychiatric inpatient unit. Moreover, the possible moderating roles played by hope and self-stigma in these associations were also examined. Methods Questionnaires regarding coping with information style, self-stigma, hope and family burden were administered to 70 parents. Results A main positive effect of hope and a main negative effect of self-stigma were uncovered. An interaction between self-stigma and monitoring was also revealed, suggesting that for parents with high self-stigma, compared to those with low self-stigma, more monitoring was related to more burden. Conclusions Tailoring family interventions according to coping style and self-stigma is highly recommended as a mean to reduce the family burden of parents whose child is hospitalized in a psychiatric inpatient unit.
AB - Objective Parents of children who are hospitalized in inpatient psychiatric units must cope with significant challenges. One of these challenges relates to the way in which they cope with illness-related information. The current study examined the relationship between two such coping styles – monitoring and blunting – and family burden among parents of children in a psychiatric inpatient unit. Moreover, the possible moderating roles played by hope and self-stigma in these associations were also examined. Methods Questionnaires regarding coping with information style, self-stigma, hope and family burden were administered to 70 parents. Results A main positive effect of hope and a main negative effect of self-stigma were uncovered. An interaction between self-stigma and monitoring was also revealed, suggesting that for parents with high self-stigma, compared to those with low self-stigma, more monitoring was related to more burden. Conclusions Tailoring family interventions according to coping style and self-stigma is highly recommended as a mean to reduce the family burden of parents whose child is hospitalized in a psychiatric inpatient unit.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.11.012
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C2 - 28199871
SN - 0924-9338
VL - 42
SP - 8
EP - 13
JO - European Psychiatry
JF - European Psychiatry
ER -