School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
Fam Process. 2013 Dec;52(4):697-708. doi: 10.1111/famp.12042. Epub 2013 Jul 17.
This study examined hope and family burden among Latino families of individuals with schizophrenia. The sample consisted of 54 family members, one family member per outpatient adult recruited from public mental health programs in a diverse urban community. Hierarchical linear regression analyses were used to test the hypothesis that the family member's increased hope for the patient's future would be associated with decreased family burden beyond effects explained by the patient's length of illness and severity of symptoms. Results supported the study hypothesis. Family hope for the patient's future was associated with four of five types of family burden. Findings point to the prominent role of hope as a source of resilience for Latino families dealing with severe mental illness of a loved one.
本研究考察了拉丁裔家庭中精神分裂症患者的希望和家庭负担。样本包括 54 名家庭成员，他们是从多元化城市社区的公共心理健康计划中招募的门诊成年患者的每一位家庭成员。分层线性回归分析用于检验以下假设：家庭成员对患者未来的希望增加，将与患者的患病时间和症状严重程度所解释的影响之外的家庭负担减轻相关。结果支持了研究假设。家庭对患者未来的希望与五种家庭负担中的四种相关。研究结果表明，希望是处理所爱之人严重精神疾病的拉丁裔家庭的韧性的重要来源。
