The purpose of this study was to describe the strengths and needs of Deaf adults as parents of school-age and adolescent children. A cross-sectional, descriptive design was employed to gather data from a convenience sample of Deaf parents and hearing children from 15 families. The Parental Strengths and Needs Inventory (PSNI)--a 60 item Likert instrument--and structured interviews were used in data collection. The PSNI was administered to parents in sign language via videotape, and they were interviewed with the assistance of a professional interpreter. Parents' and children's total scores on the PSNI were above average according to Strom and Coolege's scoring instructions (1985). Review of subset scores indicated that Deaf parents had above average interest in acquiring additional information about childrearing, and parents of adolescents felt more than average frustration. Comparison of parents' and children's scores on parallel forms of the PSNI demonstrated no significant differences in total or subset scores, supporting validity of parents' scores. Comparison of parents' and children's interview responses with the topics on the PSNI revealed that the content on the PSNI was valid, but incomplete for Deaf parents. Deaf parents shared the concerns of normally hearing parents, but had additional concerns specific to parental deafness which were not addressed in the PSNI. Contributions of the study to Nursing research focused on strategies for triangulation and pilot testing of instruments in cross-cultural research. Limitations of the study were presented in terms of instrumentation and study design. Cautions also reported are interpretation of findings related to the ex-post-facto nature of the research design and the complexity of factors interrelated with parental Deafness.

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This study investigated the relationship between children's perception of parents as loving or rejecting and the general emotional adjustment of these children. Emotional adjustment was reflected by behavior within a regular classroom as observed by the teacher and by performance on a projective personality test.

The purpose of this study was to examine (1) the retrospective perception of parent-child relationships as measured by the Roe-Slegelman Parent-Child Relations Questionnaire (PCR) and (2) the individual's level of academic achievement.

Abstract This research is to probe into the parent-child relationship and the learning adaptation of the foreign spouses¡¦ children. This study used a questionnaire that was designed using the ¡§Demographic Survey¡¨, the ¡§Father-Child Relationship Scale¡¨, the ¡§Mother-Child Relationship Scale¡¨, and the ¡§Learning Adaptation Scale¡¨. We received 161 usable samples from third to sixth-grade. The data was analyzed using statistical methods such as descriptive statistics, t-test, one way ANOVA , Pearson¡¦s correlation , and multiple regression. The major results are as follows: 1.The some demographic variables including birth order , grade level of elementary school and the contact windows with the teacher in a family of the foreign spouses¡¦ children had no significant influence on their learning adaptation. 2.The girls are significant superior to the boys in learning adaptation. 3.The foreign spouses¡¦ children from small families are significant superior to the foreign spouses¡¦ children from the extended families and the kinship families. 4.The foreign spouses¡¦ children whose mothers¡¦ nationality had significant influence on their learning adaptation. 5.The foreign spouses¡¦ children whose mothers can write Chinese are significant superior to the foreign spouses¡¦ children whose mothers can¡¦t write Chinese. 6.All aspects of the father-child relationships had significant influence on the learning adaptation of the foreign spouse ¡¦ children , the foreign spouses¡¦ children had the better father-child relationship , they had better learning adaptation. 7.All aspects of the mother-child relationships had significant influence on the learning adaptation of the foreign spouse ¡¦ children , the foreign spouses¡¦ children had the better mother-child relationship , they had better learning adaptation. 8.This study compared with the study with no foreign spouses prove that parent-child relationship is the chief reason in learning adaptation. According to the findings , suggestions were provided for the parents , educational authorities and the future researches.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999. / "May 1999." Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-84). Also available on the Internet.

It has long been recognized that childhood bereavement is a risk factor for depression in adulthood. Research also has consistently demonstrated that parental depression is linked to poor parent-child relationship quality. The current study examined whether bereavement in childhood increases likelihood of current depressive symptoms among parents and explored whether this vulnerability in the parent then alters the quality of the parent-child relationship. Archival data for a sample of 86 families (N=176 parents) are drawn from the Family & Kid Connection project led by Dr. Shelley Riggs. Instruments utilized include the Background Information Questionnaire, the Symptom Assessment-45 Questionnaire, and the Parenting Relationship Questionnaire. Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, Multilevel Modeling procedures explored the hypothesis that parental depression mediates the association between parents’ childhood bereavement and their perception of the parent-child relationship. Results show a significant relationship between parental (actor) depressive symptoms and parent-child attachment, indicating the need for therapeutic interventions targeting the parent-child relationship, and not just parents, for parents suffering from depression.

This study examined whether adopted adolescents’ attachment to their adoptive parents predicted attachment experiences in close relationships outside one’s family during emerging adulthood. Data were taken from the Minnesota/Texas Adoption Research Project, a longitudinal study of 190 adoptive families followed for three time points (target adoptee’s childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood). Parental attachment was assessed through the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA: Armsden & Greenberg, 1987), and hierarchical linear modeling allowed for calculations of the average and discrepancy of attachment to each adolescent’s parent dyad. Using the Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire (ECR: Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998), attachment style in emerging adulthood was evaluated in terms of the level of avoidance and anxiety in close relationships. While avoidance in close relationships was predicted by dyadic parental attachment, anxiety was not. Congruent with expectations, less avoidance was associated with stronger parent dyad attachments. Additionally, older age appeared to predict less avoidance in close relationships. These findings demonstrate the important contribution of adoptive parent-child relationships for later relationships.

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Parent-child communication about sex is widely understood to be important to sexual health and wellness of adolescents and young adults. Though parents report wanting to communicate with their children comprehensively, adolescents often report this communication does not meet their needs. This study uses symbolic interactionism to explore how parents understand and make meaning of family communication about sex and how these meanings influence their decision making when it comes to family communication about sex. Eight couples participated in an observed development of plans to communicate with their children about sex and semi-structured dyadic interviews about their decision-making process. Transcriptions of the observational data and interviews were analyzed alongside the written plans developed during data collection using grounded theory methodology. Parents recognized communication with their children about sex to be an important opportunity to keep their children safe and prevent negative experiences while instilling values that will help children make healthy decisions. Rather than prescribing specific topics of conversation and times to communicate with them, parents focused on fostering strong relationships with their children and shared they would allow their kids to direct conversations. They identified clear goals for communication with their children about sex, but hoped to do things differently than their own parents by being open to questions their children bring up and addressing issues as they arise. / Doctor of Philosophy / Parent-child communication about sex has been shown to help adolescents develop into sexually healthy adults. Parents report wanting to talk to their children about sex, but children often share that this communication does not meet their needs. This study explores how parents understand and make decisions with their partners about parent-child communication about sex. Eight couples with children in fourth grade or younger participated in an observation and interview during which they were asked to develop a plan for talking to their kids about sex and then explore some of the factors that influenced their decisions. Using a grounded theory methodology, the transcribed observations and interviews were coded alongside the actual plans parents developed to understand the process through which they understood parent-child communication about sex and how they made decisions. Parents considered parent-child communication about sex to be important in keeping their kids safe from harm and preventing potentially negative experiences. They considered this communication to be an opportunity to instill values that will help their children make their own decisions in the future. To make decisions, parents considered conversations they had with their own parents and explored how they would improve on those conversations by fostering open relationships with their children and allowing their children to bring up topics of conversation. Implications for research and clinical practice are provided.