RT - Journal Article T1 - Developing A Model of Iranian Family Resilience: A Qualitative Research JF - Alborz-Health YR - 2020 JO - Alborz-Health VO - 9 IS - 4 UR - http://aums.abzums.ac.ir/article-1-1148-en.html SP - 415 EP - 424 K1 - Positive Psychology K1 - Healthy Family K1 - Family Resilience AB - Background: Family faces different hardships and challenges that are such stressful that can destroy it. No doubt that we need to protect and last family. So, this research aims at developing a local model for family resilience. Methods: To do so, at primer level 13 couples who qualified the criteria, were selected through purpose-focused, available, and voluntary sampling method. In order to identify local elements of family resilience the families experienced a crisis in their marriage, and obtained high scores in Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD- RISC), Sixbey Family Resilience Surrey (SFRS), and Family Assessment Device (FAD) were voluntarily interviewed. Qualitative Grounded method was used to collect information. Results: In analyzing transcripts of interviews with couples, 168 and 15 categories were obtained respectively from open coding and axial coding based on topic similarity. As a result, a model of family resilience was constructed including 5 dimensions: Personality, Belief System, Skills, Family Structure, and Social Resource. Conclusion: The developed Iranian model is integrative, and it can be used for designing interventions to increase family resilience and patience toward problems. LA eng UL http://aums.abzums.ac.ir/article-1-1148-en.html M3 10.29252/aums.9.4.415 ER -