Abstract
A resilient family is capable of survival, overcoming difficult challenges, and growing stronger. Cultural identity is among many factors that play a role in forming family resilience because the understanding and values of family resilience must be built in accordance with local culture. This study aims to analyze the factors that build family resilience in Indonesian families, especially those from the Batak Toba. It uses the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire to measure family resilience (α = 0.879), the Responses to Stress Questionnaire to measure coping (α =0.755), and the Family Strains Index to measure strain (α =0.763). Another measurement tool is the Batak Toba Adat Questionnaire, which is used to measure cultural identity (α = 0.677), community support, and socioeconomic status (SES). The data is analyzed using linear structural relations through structural equation modeling (SEM). The study participants are individuals who use Batak Toba surnames (N = 295) of whom 51.2% are female and 48.4% are male, with an age range of 30 to 65 years. The percentage of subjects from big families is 50.85%. Results show that cultural identity, coping, family strain, community support, and SES contribute together to build family resilience. The final generated model shows community support as a mediator of cultural identity and SES in the formation of family resilience, which is directly influenced by family strain and coping.
Highlights
Individuals, the people with whom they directly and indirectly interact, and the social context integrated with their activities influence one another
Data collection was facilitated by a research assistant who came from the Batak Toba www.scholarhub.ui.ac.id/hubsasia ethnic group in public high schools, the Huria Kristen Batak Protestan (HKBP) church congregation, and a group of marga
The measurement tools used in this study were the Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire for family resilience, the Responses to Stress Questionnaire for coping, and the Batak Toba Indigenous Questionnaire for the intensity of an individual’s implementation and practice of the values of the Batak Toba culture, compiled based on the dalihan na tolu kinship system and the nine values of the ethnic group
Summary
Individuals, the people with whom they directly and indirectly interact, and the social context integrated with their activities influence one another Such context, which becomes the individuals’ backgrounds to establish their interactions, shapes the individuals themselves as well as their experiences. Because of this linkage, ignoring the local cultural context in favor of focusing solely on the individuals will distort our understanding of them Individuals and their cultural communities shape each other (Miller, 2011). Values, knowledge, skills, structured relationships, customs, socialization, and symbol systems (e.g., spoken languages and writings). It includes social arrangements (e.g., school), physical arrangements (e.g., buildings and roads), and objects (e.g., computer, television, art). Culture is expressed through family routines such as having dinner together and splitting chores as well as through community routines including visiting extended family members who are sick and celebrating religious holy days
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