Empowerment Status of Families Whose Children Have Serious Emotional Disturbance and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Singh, Nirbhay N.; Curtis, W. John; Ellis, Cynthia R.; Wechsler, Hollis A.; Best, Al M.; Cohen, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ559514

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Empowerment Status of Families Whose Children Have Serious Emotional Disturbance and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

Singh, Nirbhay N.; Curtis, W. John; Ellis, Cynthia R.; Wechsler, Hollis A.; Best, Al M.; Cohen, Robert

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, v5 n4 p223-29 Win 1997

The Family Empowerment Scale was completed by 161 families of children with serious emotional disturbance (SED) or SED along with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results indicated that membership in a parent support group was a strong predictor of family empowerment, particularly of the systems advocacy and knowledge dimensions of empowerment. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Advocacy, Attention Deficit Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity, Parent Associations, Parent Attitudes, Parent Empowerment, Predictor Variables, Social Support Groups

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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