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    Am J Ment Retard. 1993 Sep;98(2):185-206.

    Family responses to young children with developmental delays: accommodation activity in ecological and cultural context.

    Gallimore R, Weisner TS, Bernheimer LP, Guthrie D, Nihira K.

    Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood 90024-1759.

    In this study 680 accommodations or proactive efforts to sustain a family environment in 10 ecocultural domains were reliably scored for 102 Euro-American families of young children with developmental delays. The families reported substantial accommodation activity. Results showed that accommodations (a) in the domains of child care and service access were correlated with children's problems that impact the daily routine; (b) in the domains of subsistence changes, seeking information, and roles of fathers were related to parents' job and career circumstances, with more modest links to socioeconomic status; and (c) were not associated with child developmental test scores. Accommodation to children with delays and disabilities is a family-level variable that complements the more common research focus on individual parent stress and coping.

    PMID: 7691095 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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