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ERIC Number: EJ996508
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-8639
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Parental and Spousal Self-Efficacy of Young Adults Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Relationship to Speech Intelligibility
Adi-Bensaid, Limor; Michael, Rinat; Most, Tova; Gali-Cinamon, Rachel
Volta Review, v112 n2 p113-130 Sum 2012
This study examined the parental and spousal self-efficacy (SE) of adults who are deaf and who are hard of hearing (d/hh) in relation to their speech intelligibility. Forty individuals with hearing loss completed self-report measures: Spousal SE in a relationship with a spouse who was hearing/deaf, parental SE to a child who was hearing/deaf, and assessment of speech intelligibility. In general, respondents evaluated their parental SE in relation to a child with hearing loss and their SE toward a spouse with hearing loss as higher than their parental SE toward a child with typical hearing and their spousal SE toward a spouse with typical hearing. Better SE toward a spouse with hearing loss was more prominent for the group that was deaf than for the group that was hard of hearing. In comparing spousal SE and parental SE toward a spouse or child who had typical hearing, all participants reported higher SE as a parent than as a spouse. However, the better parental SE was more prominent among the participants who were deaf. No significant differences emerged in the SE toward a spouse or child with hearing loss among the whole sample or between the two groups (d/hh). Significant relations were found between speech intelligibility and spousal SE among the whole sample and between speech intelligibility and parental SE toward a child with typical hearing among the group that was hard of hearing. (Contains 4 tables.)
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 3417 Volta Place NW, Washington, DC 20007. Tel: 202-337-5220; Fax: 202-337-8314; e-mail: periodicals@agbell.org; Web site: http://www.agbell.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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