TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD: MR, FAMILIES, AND CULTURE

向成年的过渡：先生、家庭和文化

• 批准号: 2697730
• 负责人: JANET B. BLACHER
• 金额: $ 27.94万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1986
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1986-12-01 至 2003-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2697730
• 关键词: Hispanic Americans; adolescence (12-20); behavioral /social science research tag; caucasian American; child with disability; clinical research; coping; culture; developmental psychology; family structure /dynamics; human subject; longitudinal human study; mental retardation; quality of life; racial /ethnic difference; satisfaction; stress; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION: This application proposes the first major study of mental retardation and family well-being during the transition from late adolescence into young adulthood. There is a gap in knowledge about mental retardation and families, as most studies have been of families with young children or older adults. The developmental period from about age 18 to 26 is critical, in that formal schooling ends and changes in residential, vocational, and social status are likely. The investigators aim to build upon our previous longitudinal studies of families and mental retardation, by studying families of late adolescents or young adults with moderate to severe mental retardation during the transition period. The investigators propose a longitudinal study with three annual assessments of 270 families, divided into three age cohorts (ages 18, 21, and 24 to start) and two cultural groups (English-speaking, primarily Anglo families and Spanish-speaking Latino families). The research is guided by a theoretical model in which family well-being, the outcome of primary interest, is viewed as influenced by the success of transitional experiences in the residential, vocational, and social realms. Moreover, individual characteristics, environment and culture, and family involvement with programs are proposed as influencing family well-being, but primarily through their impact on transition success and a longitudinal study for up to six years of families who have placed the child out of the home. This analysis of post-placement family involvement and well-being will include previous longitudinal data as well as new observations. Analysis will focus on predictive modeling of transition success and family well-being, which take into account the dynamic nature of the adjustment process as it operates over time. Systematic and longitudinal study of transitional experiences will provide information that can be utilized by policy makers and service providers, especially to facilitate parents' planning for the future.

描述：本申请提出了第一个主要的精神研究 从晚期智力迟钝过渡到晚期智力迟钝和家庭幸福 从青春期到青年期。 在心理学知识方面存在空白， 由于大多数研究都是针对有孩子的家庭， 儿童或老年人。 从18岁到26岁的发育期 是至关重要的，因为正规学校教育结束， 职业和社会地位都有可能。 调查人员的目标是建立 根据我们以前对家庭和智力迟钝的纵向研究， 通过研究晚期青少年或年轻成人的家庭， 在过渡期有严重的智力障碍。 调查人员 建议进行一项纵向研究，每年对270个家庭进行三次评估， 分为三个年龄组（18岁，21岁和24岁开始）和两个 文化团体（英语，主要是盎格鲁家庭和 西班牙语的拉丁裔家庭）。 本研究以理论为指导， 家庭福利是首要利益的结果， 由于受到住宅转型经验的成功影响， 职业和社会领域。 此外，个人特征， 环境和文化，以及家庭参与计划的建议 影响家庭福祉，但主要是通过影响 过渡成功和长达六年的家庭纵向研究 他们把孩子安置在了外面 这种对安置后的分析 家庭参与和幸福将包括以前的纵向数据， 以及新的观察结果。 分析将侧重于预测建模， 过渡成功和家庭福祉，其中考虑到 随着时间的推移，调整过程的动态性质。 对过渡期经验进行系统和纵向研究， 决策者和服务提供者可以利用的信息， 特别是方便家长规划未来。