UNDERSTANDING RESILIENCE IN VULNERABLE FAMILIES

描述：(改编自调查人员摘要)家庭的模式 这项提案中正在研究的弹性是以下方面的产物 授权的早期干预服务的重大意识形态变化 根据公法99-457，强调以家庭为中心和能力- 以残疾儿童家庭为基础的方法。该模型假设 与家庭复原力相关的两个维度：能力和脆弱性， 分别由五个保护性因素或风险因素组成。 拟议项目的目标是：1)验证现有的 通过仔细研究访谈回答对家庭复原力的分类 到25份问卷；2)评价问卷的信度和效度 以家庭为中心的访谈和家庭评估面试者的评分， 由申请机构开发；3)对理论进行中试 通过探索家庭韧性的差异来构建家庭韧性模型 在保护和风险的数量和程度上存在差异的家庭 各种因素。 这一先导研究项目将为进一步发展提供基础。 以及使用更大和更多样化的样本对模型进行广泛的研究 在第二阶段，与家庭复原力相关的潜在变量 将会被更准确地识别。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from investigator's abstract) The Model of Family Resilience, which is being researched in this proposal, is an outgrowth of the significant ideological changes in early intervention services mandated by Public Law 99-457, which emphasizes a family-centered and competency- based approach to families of handicapped children. The model hypothesizes two dimensions related to family resilience: capability and vulnerability, composed of five protective or risk factors, respectively. The goals of the proposed project are: 1) to validate the existing taxonomy of family resilience by closely examining the interview responses to 25 questionnaires; 2) to evaluate the reliability and validity of The Family-Centered Interview and the Family Assessment Interviewer's Rating, developed by the applicant organization; 3) to pilot test the theoretical model of family resilience by exploring differences in family resilience among families that vary on the number and extent of protective and risk factors. This pilot research project will provide a basis for further development and extensive studies of the model using a larger and more diverse sample in Phase II, in which the latent variables related to family resilience will be more precisely identified.