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F M Buck

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PubMed1984

Child adjustment as related to financial security and employment status of fathers with spinal cord injuries.

Many rehabilitation professionals have expressed concern about the effects that socioeconomic changes associated with disability in a parent have on children's adjustment. It has been speculated that financial insecurity and unemployment among fathers with disabilities adversely affect child development, because of the presumed consequence of reversal in parental roles. This study tested these notions by comparing children whose fathers with spinal cord injuries (SCI) were: (1) receiving ample, secure income vs low income that was not guaranteed, and (2) employed vs unemployed. All subjects were given seven tests measuring personality, values, and interests, which were completed in a standardized order and time period. On 16 demographic indices and more than 150 measures of children's personality, behavior, and attitudes, only 17 were related to the financial resources of fathers with SCI and 11 to their employment status. Contrary to opinions in previous reports, no adverse relationships were found between child adjustment and the financial security or employment status of fathers with SCI. Limitations and implications of the study are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

Child adjustment as related to severity of paternal disability.

Many rehabilitation professionals have speculated that the more severe a parent's physical disability, the more disruptive are the effects on family life and child development. The present study tested this prediction by comparing children of fathers with paraplegia and quadriplegia on measures of personality adjustment, sex role identification, body image, health patterns, athletic interests, interpersonal relationships, parent-child relations, values, and attitudes. Few relationships between severity of paternal disability and child adjustment were found on more than 150 variables of child personality, behavior, and attitudes. When 6 variables showed differences between children of fathers with quadriplegia and paraplegia, there was no evidence of disturbed development in either group.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1981

Personality, behavior, values, and family relations of children of fathers with spinal cord injury.

Many opinions have been expressed about the adverse effects on children of being raised by a parent who is physically disabled, but little research has been done. The present study examined the relationship between spinal cord injury (SCI) in fathers and the subsequent adjustment patterns of their children. Two groups of adult children were studied: 45 children reared from early age by fathers with SCI and a matched control group of 36 children with able-bodied fathers. The 2 groups were compared on psychologic tests assessing areas speculated in the literature to be influenced by parental disability. Although children of fathers with SCI differed from children with able-bodied fathers in some behaviors, values, and attitudes, the data failed to confirm any of the hypothesized relations between parental disability and child development. Children whose fathers had SCI were well-adjusted, emotionally stable persons who had attained normal sex role identities. Health patterns, body image, recreational interests, interpersonal relationships, and family relations were not found to be adversely associated with the disability status of the father. Limitations of the study and implications for rehabilitation, adoption, and court custody issues are discussed.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Issues in replicating the trauma--Stren conversion.

The Trauma--Stren (T-S) conversion procedure was examined at a large state university and the construct related to personality and cognitive process variables. Significantly more respondents reported T-S conversion than in the original studies. Conversion was not significantly correlated with personal variables. The presence of experiences in which an event was reported as simultaneously traumatic and strenful is reported, and the criteria for clearly identifying the conversion phenomenon are questioned.

Adaptation, Psychological↗