Self-image, Family Climate, and Deafness

Meadow, Kathryn P.

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“…How much is due to the absence or late development of language per se and how much to the altered affective interchange with parents when communication is impaired is unclear. It may be noted in passing that the characterological findings are quite similar to those reported for socially disadvantaged groups (regardless of hearing status) and that deaf children of deaf parents--where communication with parents by manual signs is unimpaired--are reported to be more mature, to have a better selfimage, and to develop language (albeit in signs) at the same rate as the hearing [13,14,15] ; lesser impulsivity has also been suggested among this special sub-group [16].…”

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On the inter-relationship of cognition and affect: Fantasies of deaf children

Sarlin

Altshüler²

1978

Child Psych Hum Dev

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A few projective studies focusing on the impact of cognition on affect in the deaf have reported strikingly disparate results with little systematic inquiry. A new and previously unreported play situation (with the deaf) was devised to elicit a detailed story. Fantasies were obtained in a uniform fashion from four groups of five-year-old boys comprising middle-class deaf and hearing children and lower socio-economic-class deaf and hearing children. Results suggest that: (1) The impact of deafness on cognitive functioning in these children is akin to--but apparently no worse than--the cultural deprivation phenomenon experienced by low socio-economic-status children. (2) There is no paucity of fantasy life in the deaf or deprived child, despite the absence or relative lack of verbal skills. (3) A problem common to both disadvantaged children and the deaf children tested in the intrusion of anxiety into autonomous ego functions, so that practice necessary for the firm development of cognitive schemata is interfered with. (4) The clinical impulsivity secondary to these emotional pressures may perpetuate itself by interfering with cognitive decentration in time and space in relation to others.

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On the inter-relationship of cognition and affect: Fantasies of deaf children

Sarlin

Altshüler²

1978

Child Psych Hum Dev

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“…This research is a replication of previous work with a population of deaf students attending a residential school (results reported in Meadow, 1968b and1969). This replication with a different population is an attempt to evaluate the possible influence of school environment on the original findings.…”

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A conceptual model for a program of community psychiatry for a deaf population

Schlesinger

Meadow

1972

Community Ment Health J

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Experience in the provision of mental health services for deaf individuals and their families over the past three years has led us to the growing conviction that there is a rationale for utilization of the framework provided by the theory and practice of community psychiatry for an ongoing program for this population. Our experiences, as well as those of others (Rainer, Altshuler, & Kallmann, 1963, p. 260; Grinker, 1969), indicate that there are special needs and problems manifested by this group, plus a general absence of understanding of deafness on the part of mental health professionals and the general public. Furthermore, we have noted that there are similar vicissitudes in the life experiences of many deaf individuals which lead to similarities in life style and manifestations of problems. Our staff has found that an increased knowledge of deafness, together with a positive orientation to

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“…If the deaf child feels acceptance from the family, especially from his or her parents, enhanced self-esteem will result. This influence of the family on the deaf child starts at an early age (Altshuler, 1974;Meadow, 1969).…”

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“…On the other hand, a deaf child born to deaf parents may feel much more accepted because deafness, not being foreign to the parents, does not prevent them from considering their child normal (Schlesinger, 1978). The family atmosphere into which a deaf child is born has much to do with the child's self-esteem (Meadow, 1969). FÃ¼rth (1973) has indicated that deaf children are very vulnerable to the reactions of others concerning their condition.…”

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Self-Esteem, Family Climate, and Communication Patterns in Relation to Deafness

Desselle¹

1994

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he purpose of the study presented in this article was to determine the effect that family communication patterns have on the self-esteem of deaf children. Deaf students at a southern residential school, ranging in age from 13 to 19, were administered the Modified Self-Esteem Inventory (MSEI) and the Subject Communication Questionnaire. The subjects' parents answered 10 questions about their communication patterns with their deaf child. The parents were not deaf themselves. Analysis of the data revealed that there is a positive relationship between the family's communication method and the deaf child's self-esteem such that parents who use total communication (speech, fingerspeUing, and sign) have children whose self-esteem scores are higher than those of children whose parents use an oral-only method of communication (speech). The parents who were best able to communicate by using sign language had children whose self-esteem scores were higher than those of children whose parents were less skilled in sign language. Also, a positive relationship was found between student self-esteem and reading level.

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Self-image, Family Climate, and Deafness

Cited by 26 publications

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On the inter-relationship of cognition and affect: Fantasies of deaf children

On the inter-relationship of cognition and affect: Fantasies of deaf children

A conceptual model for a program of community psychiatry for a deaf population

Self-Esteem, Family Climate, and Communication Patterns in Relation to Deafness

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