An investigation into the correlates of family resilience in an impoverished rural community in the Western Cape
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Date
2018
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Families in South Africa are faced with manifold hardships that negatively impact the
family as a unit. However, there are a variety of protective factors that have been identified
as meaningful resources that facilitates healing and growth within a family unit. The study
aims to investigate whether age, gender, employment status and level of education
significantly predicts family resilience. The study utilised secondary data compromised of
(N=656) participants from a low socio-economic rural community in South Africa. Family
resilience views the family as a functional system of which provides positive adaption to
family members who have experienced stressful events. Walsh's key processes in family
resilience is outlined, highlighting a multi-level developmental systems orientation. The
study utilised a multiple regression analysis consisting of four predictor variables namely,
age, gender, employment status and level of education to assess whether these variables
predict high levels of family resilience. The model found that amongst the four predictor
variable, only employment status significantly predicted family resilience.
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Magister Artium - MA (Psychology)
Keywords
Family, family resilience, family functioning, age, gender, employment status,
level of education, multiple regression