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Peer reviewedMorrison, Gale M.; Zetlin, Andrea – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1988
A study of families of 30 learning handicapped and 30 nonhandicapped adolescents revealed that adolescents in each group had similar perspectives on family adaptability, cohesion, and communication patterns, while parents of learning handicapped adolescents perceived less family cohesion and lower levels of communication than did their offspring.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics
Masselam, Venus Shirley – 1989
Fifty-two families of students successful in public school and 40 families of students requiring alternative school programs completed self-report instruments on their perceptions of parent-adolescent communication and family functioning. The alternative school programs included residential and day treatment programs for adolescents with emotional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Disturbances
