RESUMO
Sixty-two mothers and 45 fathers of children with diabetes completed questionnaires to assess their confidence to manage the disease and treatment. Implications of parental confidence for attitudes to (1) child-rearing, (2) coping and (3) perceived restrictions of the disease were considered. Mothers and fathers differed in reported child-rearing behaviours and strategies for coping. More confident fathers reported that information was helpful in coping with the disease, while more confident mothers reported that support from the family was more helpful. Predictors of children's locus of control scores differed between mothers and fathers. However, children expressed more external locus of control beliefs where parents believed their children to be more restricted.
Assuntos
Adaptação Psicológica , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/terapia , Pais/psicologia , Autoimagem , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Educação Infantil , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/psicologia , Feminino , Humanos , Controle Interno-Externo , Masculino , Comportamento Materno , Análise Multivariada , Comportamento Paterno , Análise de Regressão , Autoavaliação (Psicologia)RESUMO
Investigated age and gender differences in adjustment to chronic disease in children suffering from one of five conditions: diabetes, asthma, cardiac disease, epilepsy, and leukemia. Ratings of adjustment and disease-related restrictions were obtained separately from mothers and fathers. Factor analysis of the adjustment scale yielded 6 subscales which differentiated between children in terms of age and disease type, and to a lesser extent, gender. Mothers' and fathers' ratings of adjustment and restrictions were comparable, though fathers made less differentiation on the basis of disease or age. For both parents, perceived restrictions of the disease were associated with poorer adjustment in the child, and this was particularly reflected on indices of peer relations and work.
Assuntos
Adaptação Psicológica , Atitude Frente a Saúde , Doença Crônica/psicologia , Pais/psicologia , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Criança , Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil/etiologia , Transtornos do Comportamento Infantil/psicologia , Pai/psicologia , Feminino , Humanos , Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mães/psicologia , Fatores Sexuais , Estresse Psicológico/psicologia , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
This study examined age (35-55 versus 65-85), gender, and self-concept-orientation differences in reasoning about the self, relationships, and morality, on the basis of the theorizing of Gilligan (1982). Participants were interviewed about general relationship issues, a specific relationship, and about the self. Reasoning was scored for integrative complexity (Suedfeld & Tetlock, 1977). Life experience measures and the standard Kohlberg justice reasoning index were obtained. Results showed gender differences in the connectedness of the self-concept for middle-aged, but not older, adults. No age or gender differences in the complexity of relationship reasoning or in justice reasoning were found. Those with more connected self-concepts reasoned in more complex ways about relationships and about the self.
