Parents and Youth with Learning Disabilities: Perceptions of Relationships and Communication

Autor/inn/en	Heiman, Tali; Zinck, Lana C.; Heath, Nancy L.
Titel	Parents and Youth with Learning Disabilities: Perceptions of Relationships and Communication
Quelle	In: Journal of Learning Disabilities, 41 (2008) 6, S.524-534 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2194
DOI	10.1177/0022219408317860
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Fathers; Learning Disabilities; Family Relationship; Adolescents; Student Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Interpersonal Communication; Grade 7; Grade 8; Measures (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Canada; Wide Range Achievement Test; Woodcock Reading Mastery Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schülerverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Messdaten; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	The study examined perceptions of family relationships and communication in 52 families who have an adolescent child diagnosed with learning disabilities (LD) with a matched group of 52 families who have a child without LD. Parents and youth completed a self-reported "Family Relations and Communication Scales" assessment. Findings revealed parents perceived their child as either overinvolved or underinvolved with their parents and not sharing the same values and norms as their parents. Findings indicated that parents of youth with and without LD share similar perceptions of both the openness and problematic aspects of family communication. Youth with and without LD reported higher levels of problematic maternal involvement than perceived by the mothers; youth without LD rated their mothers' affective expression higher than reported by their mothers; both groups of youth perceived their mothers' and their fathers' communication as less open and more problematic than reported by their parents. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10