Adaptation to Stress
A Common Model and Method to Facilitate Within- and Cross-Cultural Evaluation of Foster Families
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3027632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hamido A Megahead (33 Claremont Street, Belfast, BT96 AP, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.), Robert E Lee (0000-0002-3042-7721, Florida State University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 773-781 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.43.5.773 |
| OpenAlex | W2597815501 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Studies meant to allow "cross-cultural" comparisons may be fatally flawed by the concepts, instruments, and discoveries of one culture being applied uncritically to another (namely, "etic" errors; cf. current discussions and examples in Chand, 2008; Durrenberger and Erem, 2007). Moreover, studies of foster families often disregard the unique ecosystemic environments in which those families are embedded (Lee, 2008). Therefore, this paper describes an overarching family adaptation model meant to resolve the foregoing problems. Secondary analysis of data describing urban Egyptian foster families (Megahead, 2008; Megahead and Cesario, 2008) illustrates the application of this model and suggests its heuristic value: Use of this model and method will allow common understanding of commonalities and differences within and between cultures, while respecting the uniqueness of each. The Family Stress and Adaptation Model focuses on family adaptation as a function of family stressors interacting with family coping resources. Although the framework is thought to apply to all cultures involving families, the variables-adaptation, stressors, and resources-are defined and operationalized emically (that is, the cultural insider's perspective determines what is to be considered, its nature, and size
Adaptation (eye) · Coping (psychology) · Emic and etic · Epistemology · Operationalization · Perspective (graphical) · Sociology · Stressor · Child Welfare and Adoption · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |