Goodness of Fit in the Home
| Autor: | Ann M. Merriwether, Lynne Feagans, Diane Haldane |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Health (social science) media_common.quotation_subject education Primary education Child Behavior Disorders Academic achievement Social Environment Education Developmental psychology Goodness of fit Risk Factors medicine Humans Family 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Positive behavior Child media_common Family relationship Learning Disabilities 05 social sciences 050301 education Social environment Achievement Personality Development General Health Professions Learning disability Female Aptitude medicine.symptom Psychology 0503 education Follow-Up Studies 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Learning Disabilities. 24:413-420 |
| ISSN: | 1538-4780 0022-2194 |
| Popis: | This study examined whether a “goodness of fit” theoretical model, applied to families with and without children with learning disabilities, would be valuable in understanding the children's performance in school. A home interview was conducted with 63 families with a child with learning disabilities and 53 families with a comparable child without learning disabilities. The mothers were asked to rate how their own child fit into the family's expectations for children. It was found that, for both groups of families, children who were rated as a “poor fit” in the home demonstrated less positive behavior in the classroom and poorer achievement over the elementary school years. There was some evidence that poor fit in the home was even more negatively related to outcomes for children with learning disabilities. Discussion is centered on the importance of this theoretical model for understanding the importance of the home on successful school function. |
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