Home environment, family adjustment, and the development of mentally retarded children

Nihira, Kazuo; Meyers, C. Edward; Mink, Iris Tan

doi:10.1016/0270-3092(80)90013-2

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“…The positive relationship between martial quality and parenting observed in this study is consonant with findings reported for parents of handicapped infants (Gowan, Johnson-Martin, Goldman, & Appelbaum, 1989). It is also reminiscent of findings by Nihira, Meyers, and Mink (1980), which showed some HOME subscales loaded on the same canonical varíate as marital harmony for a large, heterogeneous group of children classified as educable and trainable mentally retarded. Nihira and his colleagues labeled the varíate "harmony and quality of parenting.…”

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Dimensions of parenting in families having children with disabilities

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“…The interviewer then rates families on quality of parenting (Factor I) on seven behaviorally anchored items measuring growth promotion as a policy in child rearing, acceptance of the child, rejection of the child, observed ability of the parent to cope with the child, and adjustment and harmony in the home. This factor has been shown in previous studies (Nihira, Meyers & Mink, 1983) to have an internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha) of .83 and to be related to the social competency of retarded children. In this study, a Pearson product-moment, interrater reliability correlation between two trained raters was computed for this score.…”

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Mothers of children with autism or communication disorders: Successful adaptation and the double ABCX model

Bristol

1987

J Autism Dev Disord

182

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This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a modified Double ABCX or FAAR model in predicting successful adaptation--good marital adjustment, few maternal depressive symptoms, and an in-home rating of family functioning--in 45 families of autistic and communication-impaired children. The model consisted of severity of the handicap and other family stresses, family resources of cohesion and social support, family definition of the handicap, and adequacy of coping patterns. Canonical correlation and subsequent multiple regression procedures demonstrated that family adaptation was positively predicted by adequacy of social support and active coping patterns. Poorer adaptation was predicted by other family stresses, unwarranted maternal self-blame for the handicap, and maternal definition of the handicap as a family catastrophe. Findings for cohesion were mixed. Resources and beliefs were more predictive of adaptation than severity of the child's handicap.

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“…This means that both child and parents are necessarily changed by the process of child rearing. To date, most studies have focused on the impact of a child with a handicap on family adjustment (Nihira, Meyers, & Mink, 1980). For example, parental responses and coping have been related to the type or degree of the child's handicap, that is, blindness and visual impairment (Fraiberg, 1977); severe impairment (Lyon & Preis, 1983); chronic illness (Burr, 1985); or moderate handicap (Fewell & Gelb, 1983).…”

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“…Due to the dynamic, reciprocal relationships between family members, parental adjustment will influence the adaptation of others in a family. For example, the social and adaptive competence of a mentally retarded child is related to the parents' ability to cope successfully (Nihira, Meyers, & Mink, 1980). As Belsky (1981) points out, most investigations of parent-child relationships have focused on direct paths of influence between the child and one of the parents.…”

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Parental Adjustment and Changes in Child Outcome Among Families of Young Handicapped Children

Frey

Fewell

Vadasy

1989

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

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This study examined the relationship between parent and child characteristics and competencies, supports available to the family, and how these factors influence parent and child outcomes. The sample of 48 mother-father pairs of young children with handicaps was assessed on a group of questionnaires, an interview at pretest, and 2 years later. Parental adjustment was found to be related to the child's communication competence and to the sex of the child. Satisfaction with support was related to parents' adjustment to the child. Fathers' views of their child's characteristics at pretest predicted mothers' views at posttest. An increase in children's social skills over the 2-year period was also associated with fathers' positive views of their child at pretest. The findings support the value of examining family characteristics that mediate the impact of a child's handicap, and the importance of attending to how family members influence each other over time.Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, acknowledges the critical role that families play in the lives of children with handicaps. Part H of this Act, which will provide funds to plan, develop, and implement services for children birth through age 2, requires that programs determine family needs and respond to them in an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). In order to develop plans that reflect a family's individual need for services, staff must be able to assess a family's strengths and needs, and to understand factors internal and external to the family that contribute to the family's functioning. Some guidance in planning intervention programs for this 38

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Home environment, family adjustment, and the development of mentally retarded children

Cited by 65 publications

References 16 publications

Dimensions of parenting in families having children with disabilities

Dimensions of parenting in families having children with disabilities

Mothers of children with autism or communication disorders: Successful adaptation and the double ABCX model

Parental Adjustment and Changes in Child Outcome Among Families of Young Handicapped Children

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