Abstract
Mothers with chronic illness are expected not only to manage their chronic illness but also to continue to manage both family and work roles and obligations. The ability to manage various roles, and do them well, is difficult for healthy mothers; for a mother living with chronic illness, it may be impossible.
The purposes of this study were to: (1) describe levels of uncertainty, family hardiness, and psychological wellbeing in mothers with a chronic illness and their spouse/partner; (2) test for direct and moderating effects of uncertainty and family hardiness on psychological wellbeing in mothers and their spouse/partner; (3) examine congruency between mothers' and spouse/partners' uncertainty and family hardiness and the relationship to their psychological wellbeing; and (4) examine mothers and spouse/partners responses to open ended questions asking how they deal with the uncertainty of chronic illness.
Sigma Membership
Beta Eta at-Large
Lead Author Affiliation
Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Cross-Sectional
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Mental Wellbeing, Chronic Illnesses, Family Support, Family Resilience, Mothers
Advisor
Marilyn McCubbin
Second Advisor
Karen Bogenschneider
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Degree Year
2002
Recommended Citation
Noreuil, Margaret Cordell, "Mothers with chronic illness and their spouse/partner: Uncertainty, family hardiness, and psychological wellbeing" (2022). Dissertations. 714.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/714
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2022-03-01
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3072758; ProQuest document ID: 305533876. The author still retains copyright.