FAMILY DYNAMICS IN RESPONSE TO A HANDICAPPED CHILD

这个项目的目的是调查家庭过程， 影响残疾儿童的发展。未来的研究将是 在家庭寿命的框架内进行了概念化 发展。该框架规定，家庭将以一种 对非规范性危机的特色化方式，如识别 孩子有残疾。这种反应最初将由认知所框定 以及父母的谈判能力 家庭中富有成效的角色分配。 据预测，在危机之后，家庭角色的混乱 会逐渐减少，家庭痛苦也会减少。据进一步预测， 这些地区的下降速度将预测 儿童在社会和认知功能领域的发展 残疾儿童。最后，据预测，整个过程将 通过父母协商新的家庭角色的能力进行调解。 60个残障家庭的纵向研究 脑瘫)和非残疾儿童将使用一种 带有控件的分段式面板设计。三波数据收集， 跨度为18个月，将使用。家庭角色组织的测量， 家庭困扰、父母协商/冲突解决方式、看法 残疾人的权利和儿童发展将被利用。将对结果进行分析 为了检验主要假设，使用验证性因素分析技术 一种结构化建模方法。然后将进行探索性分析 使用多元回归/相关程序进行统计分析。

The purpose of this project is to investigate family processes which influence the development of handicaped children. The research to be conducted is conceptualized within the framework of family life-span development. This framework states that families will respond in a characteristic way to non-normative crises such as the identification of handicap in a child. This response will initially be framed by perceptions of the handicapping condition, and by the parents' ability to negotiate productive role assignments in the family. It is predicted that disorganization in family roles following the crisis will gradually decrease, as will family distress. It is further predicted that the rate of decrease in these areas will be predictive of the rate of child development in areas of social and cognitive functioning in the handicapped child. Finally, it is predicted that this entire process will be mediated by the parents' ability to negotiate new family roles. A longitudinal study of 60 families with handicapped (mentally retarded and cerebral palsied) and nonhandicapped children will be carried out, using a segmented panel design with controls. Three waves of data collection, spanning 18 months, will be used. Measures of family role organization, family distress, parent negotiation/conflict resolution styles, perceptions of handicap, and child development will be used. Results will be analyzed to test major hypotheses, using confirmatory factor analytic techniques in a structural modeling approach. Exploratory analyses will then be carried out using multiple regression/correlation procedures.