Biomedical subjects

W M Fleming

Publications and source records attributed to W M Fleming.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1998

Program specification: a precursor to program monitoring and quality improvement. A case study from Boysville of Michigan.

As a result of new accreditation standards, diminishing resources, community concern with recidivism, and state agencies and foundations requiring more rigorous evaluations, program accountability is becoming a necessity for social services providers and contractors alike. In the subsequent discussion, Boysville of Michigan's program specification process is described; specifically, the ways in which the process has been useful for monitoring program operations, identifying quality improvement indicators, designing ongoing program evaluations, and developing consensus and continuity with respect to program theory and procedures. In addition, benefits, lessons learned, and implications for services delivery are discussed.

Child↗

PubMed1986

Late adolescents' home-leaving strategies: predicting ego identity and college adjustment.

A definition of leaving home, derived from previous theoretical and empirical conceptualizations, was used to predict late adolescents' ego identity and college adjustment. Four interrelated yet distinct variables, economic independence, separate residence, personal control, and emotional attachment to parents, were highly significant predictors of both ego identity and college adjustment. The results confirm earlier preliminary investigations and support a broader definition of leaving home than those typically discussed in the theoretical literature.

Adaptation, Psychological↗

PubMed1986

Late adolescents' identity formation: individuation from the family of origin.

This study explored the relationships between late adolescents' self-reported ego identity and individuation from their family of origin. Individuation was defined as adolescents' subjective perceptions of how psychologically enmeshed they were in the transactional processes of fusion and triangulation within their family of origin. The results indicated a significant relationship between adolescents' perceived involvement in their family's patterns of fusion and triangulation and the total score, and three of the five subscale scores, from the identity measure. The implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.

Adolescent↗