TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD: MR, FAMILIES, AND CULTURE

描述：这项申请提出了第一个主要的心智研究 晚年转型中的精神发育迟滞与家庭幸福 青春期进入青春期。关于精神方面的知识有一个缺口 智力迟缓与家庭，因为大多数研究都是关于有孩子的家庭的 儿童或老年人。从大约18岁到26岁的发育期 是至关重要的，因为正规学校的结束和住宿的变化， 职业和社会地位都是可能的。调查人员的目标是建立 根据我们之前对家庭和智力障碍的纵向研究， 通过研究青少年晚期或年轻人的中等到中等程度的家庭 过渡时期的严重精神发育迟滞。调查人员 建议对270个家庭进行三次年度评估的纵向研究， 分为三个年龄段(18岁、21岁和24岁开始)和两个年龄段 文化群体(讲英语，主要是盎格鲁家庭和 说西班牙语的拉丁裔家庭)。这项研究是在一个理论指导下进行的 认为家庭幸福是主要利益的结果的模式 由于受到住宅转型经验成功的影响， 职业领域和社会领域。此外，个体特征， 环境和文化，以及家庭参与项目的建议 影响家庭幸福，但主要是通过它们对 过渡成功和对长达六年的家庭的纵向研究 他们把孩子送出了家。关于后安置的分析 家庭参与和幸福感将包括以前的纵向数据，如 以及新的观察结果。分析将侧重于以下方面的预测建模 过渡成功和家庭幸福，这考虑到 随着时间的推移，调整过程的动态性质。 对过渡经验的系统和纵向研究将提供 政策制定者和服务提供商可以利用的信息， 尤其是为了方便家长对未来的规划。

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.