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Family Demands, Social Support and Family Functioning in Taiwanese Families Rearing Children with Down Syndrome
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Hsiao, C-Y. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2014
Background: Down syndrome (DS) affects not only children but also their families. Much remains to be learned about factors that influence how families of children with DS function, especially families in non-Western populations. The purpose of this cross-sectional, correlational study was to examine how family demographics, family demands and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Down Syndrome, Family Environment, Social Support Groups
Adventure Programs and Diverse Family Styles
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Lee, KoFan; Ewert, Alan – Journal of Experiential Education, 2013
This study focused on the mediating effect of two adventure programs emphasizing relationship establishment between youth on the relationship between family styles and levels of intrinsic motivation. Family style is defined as the levels of caring and discipline family members give to their children. Because of its connection to interest,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Family Environment, Motivation
Across Time and beyond Skin: Self and Transgression in the Everyday Socialization of Shame among Taiwanese Preschool Children.
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Fung, Heidi; Chen, Eva Chian-Hui – Social Development, 2001
Examined spontaneous daily family interactions in Taiwan for events of children's shame. Found that shame events occur in multiple episodes of the child's transgression and, in half the cases, some authority was evoked to judge the child's behavior but family members were always present and ready to share the child's transgression and shame.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes, Family Attitudes