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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

religiosity, spirituality, family hardiness, children with disability

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Nursing

Abstract

According to Cohn, the number of children in the United States with a disability has increased to 5.2 million, making 1 in every 12 children disabled (2002). This number continues to rise with every passing decade, so more research is being done concerning the parenting of these children. While some studies have been done relating to religiosity and coping, there is a falling out in the literature on religiosity’s correlation to family hardiness. These two variables greatly influence the upbringing and development of CWD. Some researchers have assessed that a parent’s faith helps him or her through stressful situations (Dura-Vila, Dein, & Hodes, 2010), but does it strengthen the entire family’s relationship? There is also a lack of research done on the differences between mothers’ and fathers’ view on hardiness and whether the type of disability affects hardiness. This information will be analyzed in order to help these parents and children have a better quality of life. This will also allow nurses to have more information when caring for these children with disabilities and their parents.

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