ERIC Number: EJ996508
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 18
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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.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Young Adults, Deafness, Parents, Spouses, Speech Communication, Hearing Impairments, Correlation, Speech Skills, Mutual Intelligibility
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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