B McClenny | PubMed Health

PubMed1996

Psychoeducational support groups for aging parents: development and preliminary outcomes.

A psychoeducational support group program for aging parents (mean age = 65.3) of adult offspring with developmental disabilities was established with assistance from a focus group of practitioners and parents. We reported on the program's development, parents' self-reported objectives for participating in the program, as well as appraisals made by the parents and professional group leaders regarding process and outcome issues. We were also interested in whether parents who resided with their offspring (n = 17) experienced support groups differently than did parents with offspring who lived away (n = 13). Implications for developing and evaluating future interventions with this target population were discussed.

Activities of Daily Living↗

PubMed1994

Decision-making in young adolescents and adults.

In two experiments, 13-year-olds and college students were asked to make "risky" decisions in a game format. Analyses focused on whether adolescents and adults (a) used similar strategies for evaluating their options, (b) were equally optimistic, (c) held similar beliefs about their ability to produce outcomes, (d) were equally likely to choose the best options, and (e) had equally accurate memories of their performance. Results showed that age differences emerged along each of these dimensions, especially when the game was made more complex.

Adolescent↗