Emotional State Of Parents Research Articles

Parental well-being: Russian women's view

The article presents the results of a qualitative sociological study using the author's technology in order to conceptualize the phenomenon of parental well-being. The methodology of the study is based on the generalization of the theoretical provisions of parenthood and family well-being. It is concluded that parental well-being as a factor of demographic processes has not been studied enough, the concept of parental well-being has vague contours, there is no detailed formulation of its content and basic elements. In May — July 2022, on the results of an online survey there were collected and processed empirical data based on the responses of women (N = 335) to the open question "What do you associate with the concept of "parental well-being"? Write one or two phrases/sentences." The respondents' responses were processed using semantic content analysis. The word "happiness" was used in 18.8% of the responses received. Thematic coding was applied, individual and collective trajectories of meanings were identified. There are 10 collective trajectories combined in the author's system of markers of parental well-being. The frequency of markers mentioning in women's responses was calculated, that made it possible to identify key, basic markers: relationships with children (32.5%); well-being and success of children (29.6%); health (28.4%); security: income, work, housing (19.1%); emotional state of parents (10.4%); time (8.4%). Childless women were 3 times less likely to mention the topic "Well-being and success of children", but they are much more likely to associate parental well-being with finances and the ability to provide everything necessary for children. It makes sense to take these results into account when forming programs to popularize parenthood among young people. The author has formulated a "working" definition of the concept of parental well-being, substantiated the need for further research to clarify it on the basis of surveys of men using a similar technology. The practical value of the system of basic markers of parental well-being lies in the possibilities of its application for further development of the sample survey program "Digitalization of employment, fertility and parental well-being".

Children’s, Adult’s and Family's Emotional Stress in Context of Genomic Instability

Scientific data concerning the impact of emotional stress to human genomic instability very seldom describes in literature. For many scientists this connection is not supposed to be obvious, although oncologists and psychologists know that a prolonged state of heightened emotional tension is fraught with serious problems for the nervous-immune-endocrine system of the or-ganism. Moreover, oncologists know that cancer is often the result of resentment and loneliness. At the same time, the role of genome instability in processes of tumor induction and progression is proved very correctly. In the report will be paying attention to 3 aspects of human life in context of emotional stress expression and its connection with genomic instability: envi-ronmental pollution, genomic predisposes, ethic and social-economic problems. The report will contain data from literature and results of own research directed to the analyzing the impact of the degree of emotional stress expression on the children’s and adults’ genomic instability. Special attention will be paid to the investigation how emotional state of parents and teachers im-pact on young children’s genomic instability. Methods. For evaluation of stress expression levels we used the complex of standard psychological tests: questionnaires— for adults and 8-coloured M. Luscher’s test—for children. Estimation of genomic instability was carried out in blood cultures by test on chromosome aberration and micronuclei test with Cytochalasin B. Alteration of biochemical indices were detected by standard methods.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПСИХОЛОГІЧНОЇ РОБОТИ З ЕМОЦІЙНИМИ СТАНАМИ БАТЬКІВ ДІТЕЙ З ПСИХОФІЗИЧНИМИ ПОРУШЕННЯМИ РАННЬОГО ВІКУ

The most common in correctional education is a child anomalies classification by type of violation. Such knowledge defined the content and methods of work with the child and form of education and training. The scholarly objective is to study: problems related to the illness of the child which determine the emotional state of parents having a child with special needs; the stages of experience of the birth of a sick child, and types of emotional reactions of parents. Traditionally the problem of families who raise children with special needs are considered exclusively through the prism of the child’s problems. In most cases, assistance is limited to consulting on the issues of upbringing and education, however little attention is given to a very serious aspect, i.e. the emotional state of the parents themselves. To help them, it is important to understand what happens to a person when his/her child is diagnosed with a disease and how it affects the life on the whole. The article analyzes the scholarly data and approaches to the study of: problems of parents arising from their child's illness; emotional states in parents raising a child with developmental impairments; and stages of experience of having a sick child. One of the main prerequisites for the adequate development of a child is upbringing in an emotionally favorable and stable social environment. The family is one of these environments; this is where the foundation are laid for future skills required for successful human existence in the outside world. The practical objective of our research is the basis for designing psychological support for parents raising a child with developmental disabilities.

Psychological and emotional state of parents having intellectually and developmentally disabled children

Psychological and emotional state of parents having intellectually and developmentally disabled children

The Emotional and Psychological Impact on Radiation Therapists of Treating Children

PurposeThe aim of this study was to determine the psychological effects and difficulties that radiation therapists (RTs) experience while treating paediatric patients. This study is intended to provide some information to assist RTs in their occupation and to complement the literature on this topic. MethodsA survey was conducted to capture data on the emotional effects and opinions of RTs at The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre (TOHRCC) treating children with cancer. A questionnaire was created specifically for this study standardized to TOHRCC conditions and methods and inspired from the limited literature around this issue. The study converged on the reactions of RTs while children received radiation treatment at TOHRCC and the impact on their emotional state around this component of their practice. The questionnaire was distributed electronically via e-mail to all RTs within the Radiation Therapy Department at TOHRCC. ResultsThis study involved 62 of 104 RTs employed at TOHRCC who completed the survey of 20 questions and submitted their responses. Due to the sample size, statistical correlations and links between variables were limited. The questionnaire was analysed based on the answers given by the RTs on the provided Likert scale for each question. The questionnaire showed that gender and age played no major role in the RTs' ability to cope mentally. Half of the RTs had children themselves; and of these, 66% indicated that having children made it somehow more difficult to cope emotionally with paediatric patients. Seventy-five percent of all RTs indicated that the emotional state of parents or care givers of the affected children played a key role in the anxiety they felt during a child's treatment. Eighty-one percent of RTs stated that treating children caused higher anxiety levels than treating adults. Finally, our survey suggests that time constraints play a large part in the RTs' stress level during treatments. ConclusionOverall, treating children did not cause much more distress than treating adults. Results from this survey were used to create a new tool describing the cognitive stages in children to help RTs treat paediatric patients in the future.

A importância do acolhimento à família em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal

Objectives: to describe the importance of partnership between the nursing staff and family of the newborn preterm infants hospitalized in a neonatal ICU, and describe strategies that can be used by professionals, to accommodate these families. Methods: this was a study in the database of the Virtual Health Library were used seven search strategies. The limits were: the subject descriptor; age of newborns (up to 1 month) and infants (1-23 months), work done with humans, published from 2003 to 2008, in Portuguese, English, Spanish. We selected 10 references. It also used a master's dissertation, which addresses the central theme of research. Results: the partnership between the nursing staff and family favors increased contact between parents and son, works for the clinical recovery of the premature and the mother, improves the emotional state of parents, minimizes the occurrence of feelings and physiological complications. Strategies such as the inclusion of parents in caring for the child, demonstrating the importance of the presence in the family unit, and the promotion of education, need to be implemented in the ICU. Conclusion: It is essential that the team becomes a support to the families of newborns admitted to ICU. Descriptors: family; premature birth; interpersonal relations; neonatal intensive care.

Belastungen von Eltern auf neonatologischen Intensivstationen - Selbsteinschätzung versus Fremdeinschätzung

Die mit dem Aufenthalt ihres Kindes auf einer neonatologischen Intensivstation verbundenen emotionalen Belastungen und deren Folgen gelten als erhebliche Risikofaktoren nicht nur für die psychische Gesundheit der Eltern, sondern langfristig auch für die Eltern-Kind-Beziehung.

Parent Adjustment to a Child’s Hospitalisation

Hospitalisation of a child can be a very stressful experience, not only for the patient but also for the child’s parent(s). In fact, some parents of hospitalised children rate their own anxiety as higher than their child’s anxiety. The emotional state of parents can affect that of their child. Researchers have explained this process in terms of the emotional contagion hypothesis or crisis theory. However, further investigation is required to better understand the communication of emotion between child and parent. The factors underlying a parent’s vulnerability to emotional problems have received relatively little attention from researchers. The empirical studies that have been published suggest that key determinants of a child’s hospitalisation relate to how the parent appraises the hospital stressors that confront them (and their child) and how he or she evaluates the resources available to help cope with the situation. This indicates that research into parents’ beliefs about hospitalisation would be of benefit. Such investigation could assist in the identification of those who are at risk of poor adjustment and could lead to the development of interventions to improve parental adjustment and, as a consequence, help child patients to better cope.