Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
1-2006
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph. D.
Department (Legacy)
College of Education and Human Development
Degree Program
College of Education and Human Development
Committee Chair
Simmons, Thomas
Committee Co-Chair (if applicable)
Bauder, Debra
Committee Member
Bauder, Debra
Committee Member
Sar, Bibhuti
Committee Member
Portes, Pedro
Committee Member
Edge, Denzil
Author's Keywords
social sciences; education; cultural identification; disabilities; European-American; Families; Immigrant; Latino; parenting; stress
Subject
Special Education; Cultural anthropology; Hispanic American studies
Abstract
The purpose of this correlational exploratory study was to delve into the experience of raising a child with disabilities by investigating the parents' level of stress and the role played by culture, acculturation, and various demographic variables suggested by the literature to influence stress were included. A purposive sample composed of 38 primarily undocumented immigrant Latino parents and 32 European American parents of children with disabilities was recruited from community agencies in a Midwest state. The most frequent disabilities were orthopedic impairments, pervasive developmental disorders, and mental retardation.
Data were collected with the Parent Survey, comprised of the Questionnaire on Resources and Stress-QRS, the Orthogonal Cultural Identification Scale-OCIS and a section on demographic information. A Spanish version of the Parent Survey was produced in order to collect data from monolingual Latinos. Preliminary validation of the QRS was conducted.
Recommended Citation
Suarez-Sousa, Ximena P., "Does culture matter? : Exploring the relationships among parenting a child with disabilities, cultural identification, and stress in a group of European American and immigrant Latino families" (2006). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3668.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/3668
