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How parent attitudes and emotional reactions affect their handicapped child's self-concept

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

David Harvey  and
Philip Greenway
David Harvey*
Affiliation:
Department of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Philip Greenway
Affiliation:
Department of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
*
lAddress for correspondence: Dr David Harvey, Department of Education, Victoria University, Private Bag, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Synopsis

The parents of 24 physically handicapped children were grouped according to their responses to a Primary Mood Factors grid and comparisons were made with their children's responses to a self-concept scale. It was found that parents who were close together in their primary mood reactions had handicapped children who were more positive in self-esteem than those dyads who were divided in their primary mood reaction.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 1982 , pp. 357 - 370
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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