TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD: MR, FAMILIES, AND CULTURE

向成年的过渡：先生、家庭和文化

• 批准号: 6387511
• 负责人: JANET B. BLACHER
• 金额: $ 38.24万
• 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/6387511
• 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; medical rehabilitation related tag; 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：该应用程序提出了第一个关于心理的主要研究 从后期过渡期间的发育迟缓和家庭福祉 青春期进入青年期。 心理知识存在差距 发育迟缓和家庭，因为大多数研究都是针对有孩子的家庭 儿童或老年人。 发育期大约是18岁到26岁 至关重要的是，正规学校教育结束，住宿条件发生变化， 职业和社会地位都有可能。 研究人员的目标是建立 根据我们之前对家庭和精神发育迟滞的纵向研究， 通过研究患有中度至中度青少年晚期或年轻人的家庭 过渡期严重智力低下。 调查人员 提出一项纵向研究，对 270 个家庭进行三次年度评估， 分为三个年龄组（从 18 岁、21 岁​​和 24 岁开始）和两个 文化群体（讲英语的，主要是盎格鲁家庭和 讲西班牙语的拉丁裔家庭）。 该研究以理论为指导 考虑家庭福祉（主要利益的结果）的模型 受住宅过渡经验成功的影响， 职业和社会领域。 而且，个人特点， 建议环境和文化以及家庭参与项目 影响家庭福祉，但主要是通过对 过渡成功和针对长达六年的家庭的纵向研究 谁把孩子赶出了家门。 本次安置后分析 家庭参与和福祉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 过渡成功和家庭幸福，其中考虑到 随着时间的推移，调整过程的动态性质。 对转型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， 尤其是方便家长对未来的规划。