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Esther Vela Llauradó; Laura Serrano Fernández; Laura Martín Martínez – SAGE Open, 2025
The impact of disability on families can vary greatly and depends directly on the coping ability of each family system. The purpose of this research is to analyze the functioning of 535 families of children with intellectual disability using the FACES-20Esp scale, identifying different types of families according to the variables of cohesion and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Family (Sociological Unit), Coping, Family Life
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Pimentel, Eliana C.; Delbasso, Claudia A.; Kuperminc, Gabriel P. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2023
This study examined family cohesion and conflict as moderators of associations between discrimination stress and adaptation stress and psychological distress among Latinx youth. Participants included 199 Latinx adolescents (M[subscript age] = 13.68). Seventy nine percent were immigrants and 73% had family origins in Mexico. Discrimination stress…
Descriptors: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Family Relationship, Conflict
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Reese, Elaine; Fivush, Robyn; Merrill, Natalie; Wang, Qi; McAnally, Helena – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Adolescents' intergenerational narratives--the stories they tell about their mothers' and fathers' early experiences--are an important component of their identities (Fivush & Merrill, 2016; Merrill & Fivush, 2016). This study explored adolescents' intergenerational narratives across cultures. Adolescents aged 12 to 21 from 3 cultural…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Intergenerational Programs, Personal Narratives, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Ryan, Thomas G.; Schruder, Courtney R.; Robinson, Stephanie – Issues in Educational Research, 2013
Our investigation of axiology (study of values) allowed us to ascertain a hierarchy of values of pre-service education students concurrently enrolled in two degree programs. We discovered homogeneity which may be a consequence of the discipline (education) investigated and/or sampling, as 87% were female, which reflected the female dominance of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Values, Student Surveys
Graves, Theodore D.; And Others – 1982
In an attempt to evaluate the thesis of Albert Wendt, the well-known Samoan writer, that competing loyalties, goals, and expectations create tension among Polynesian migrants to New Zealand, this paper examines the psychological and social costs of Polynesian migration to an urban center in New Zealand. During 1979-80, 228 Samoans, 2,122 Cook…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Hofer, Manfred; And Others – 1994
Directed toward the question of how parents and 15-year-old adolescents cope with the demands of social change occurring during unification in Germany, the comparative investigation of 40 families each in East and West Germany examines macro-social conditions of family relationships and rightist attitudes among German adolescents and adults. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Economic Factors, Family Financial Resources, Family Influence
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Hansen, Donald A. – American Educational Research Journal, 1986
This research explores the schooling effects of discontinuities in the rules of interaction the child experiences in family and classroom. Two forms of interaction rules are identified: (1) exchange rules, and (2) communal rules. It concludes that the articulation of interaction rules between family and classroom influences the students' academic…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Family Relationship
Viljoen, Sylvia – 1994
This study examined the quality and characteristics of black families in South Africa. The research focused on three areas: values and norms regarding marriage and family life, the deterioration of traditional and parental authority, and parenting skills. The fieldwork was done during the years 1988-1990 and consisted mostly of group interviews…
Descriptors: Black Family, Family Caregivers, Family Environment, Family Life