Closeness in Crisis: A Proposal for Identifying Resilience in Couples Who Face the Crisis of Cancer in Their Child

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cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorChute, Maureen
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-09T22:30:24Z
dc.date.available2016-09-09T22:30:24Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe research proposal presented in the following thesis paper outlines an approach to couples who parent a child diagnosed and treated for childhood cancer. It is an approach that challenges deficit models and supports recent trends toward strengths-based research paradigms in pursuit of the hypothesis that many couples become closer and demonstrate greater resilience in the face of crisis. A grounded theory approach is outlined, combining narrative externalizing (White & Epston, 1990) and response-based (Todd & Wade, 2007) questions. From these questions a semi-structured interview method is developed which highlights the couples' response in the context of the illness experience (Wright, Watson & Bell, 1996), rather than focusing exclusively on effects. It is proposed that these responses, coded as resiliency factors, may further the work of couple and family counsellors who endeavor to promote we-awareness (Skerret, 2003, p. 70) and relational resilience (Jordan, 1993, p. 1) in their own client populations.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/453
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.subjectchildhood cancer
dc.subjectcouple relationship
dc.subjectcouple therapy
dc.titleCloseness in Crisis: A Proposal for Identifying Resilience in Couples Who Face the Crisis of Cancer in Their Child
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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