This investigation compared family functioning across four criterion groups. Eight dependent measures from FACES III, FILE and F-COPES family assessment instruments were utilized to assess family functioning. These four criterion groups were: (a) two-parent mothers with normal hearing preschool children (n = 17), (b) two-parent mothers with hearing impaired preschool children (n = 22), (c) single-parent mothers with normal hearing preschool children (n = 18), and (d) single-parent mothers with hearing impaired preschool children (n = 24). The total sample size consisted of 81 mothers. / Multiple specific criteria were established for the inclusion of both normal hearing and hearing impaired families. The selected hearing impaired families had a preschool aged child who participated in a special education program for hearing impaired preschool children established by the state of Florida. Families who were the recipient of mental health services were excluded from the investigation. / The results from multivariate and two-way analysis of variance procedures indicated that single-parent mothers (Groups III & IV) were associated with an increased reliance upon the external coping strategies of Mobilizing the Family to Acquire and Accept Support and Seeking Spiritual Support when compared with the two-parent (Groups I & II) mothers. The mothers of the normal hearing family (Groups I & IV) groups were associated with an increased reliance upon the internal coping strategy of Passive Appraisal when compared with the mothers of the hearing impaired (Groups II & III) family groups. There was no significant variation across the four criterion groups on the variable of family stress or on the family resource variables of cohesion and adaptability. The findings were viewed within the postulates of The Double ABCX Model of Family Stress. / An additional focus examined the variance in family functioning attributable to the sibling position of the hearing impaired child. There were no significant findings in regards to the sibling position of the hearing impaired child. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-07, Section: A, page: 2529. / Major Professor: Calvin Zongker. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78266 |
| Contributors | Bowen, Lee Duke, Jr., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 343 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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