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The Importance Of Relationships Work

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Methods Participants A total of 2 female (N=2) participated in the study. Participants were recruited from acquaintances of the researcher and from the workplace of the researcher in fall 2017. The participants were parents of a preschool age (3 - 5 years old) developmentally delayed child. In the families, the fathers worked and the mothers stayed home. Pseudonyms of Mary and Jane were used to identify the participants. The study obtained voluntary informed consent from all the participants and no incentives were offered. All participants were treated in accordance with the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (American Psychological Association, 2002). Subjectivities There are some subjectivities to consider on the …show more content…

The scale has a variety of items with different response scales and formats. The scores for all the measures were summed individually. The participants answered a parenting style questionnaire taken from Robinson, Mandleco, Olsen, and Hart, 1995, which was developed using Baumrind’s three parenting styles. The parenting style questionnaire was summed and ranked in order of parenting style. Procedure The researcher reached out to the workplace acquaintances by sending home a letter with the intent to interview then at parent-teacher conferences. The researcher’s acquaintances were interviewed at their convenience. The researcher went over the informed consent form and reminded the participants of the confidentiality and anonymity of their participation. The participants were told that if they no longer wished to participate they could stop the interview at any time. They were told the interview and survey would take approximately 15 minutes. The researcher asked the participants to elaborate on their answers when it was felt necessary. The participants were thanked for their time and told to contact the researcher with any questions about the study. Results The interviews were coded and some of the themes that were identified were the degree of husband involvement, the degree of communication, responsibility, degree of support, and type of

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