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development of children with learning disability, Guoliang Yu 1 , Yan Dong 2 , 1 National Institute of
Education research, China; 2 Institute of Psychology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
This study investigated the effect of family psychological environment and parents' rearing style
on social development of 211 children with learning disabilities and 218 children without learning
disabilities. The results showed that normal children’s family psychological environment and
parents’ rearing style were greatly superior to children with learning disabilities. These family
factors were closely related to the social communication, self-concept and social behavior of
children with learning disabilities. The results suggested that family psychological environment
and parents’ rearing style had important effect on the social development of children with learning
disabilities.
2087.4 Parental-adolescenct conflict: The relationship between family circumstance and
adolescent coping strategy, Cuiping Tu, Beijing Normal University, China
829 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th graders who were selected from four ordinary middle schools in
Beijing were asked to fulfill an anonymous questionnaire to explore the relationship between
family circumstance and their coping strategy. The result is: (1) There have close correlations
among family circumstance and their coping strategy and their satisfaction about effect of coping
strategy. (2) With the increase of grade, the conciliation tactics, forced tactics, third party
prevention tactics though no apparent gender-age interaction was found.
2087.5 Mixed-marriage in Malaysia: An exploratory study, Jo-Pei Tan 1 , Rozumah
Baharudin 2 , Rumaya Juhari 2 , Martin Richards 1 , 1 University of Cambridge, UK; 2 University
Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
The study explored variations in the socio-demographical characteristics, marital relationship,
support systems and parenting among 357, purposively selected, mixed-marriage couples from
different ethnic backgrounds (Malay=47.9%, Chinese=21.4%, Aboriginal=12.3% & Indian=19.3%)
in Malaysia. Results revealed significant variations in majority aspects of the socio-demographical
characteristics, marital relationships, support systems and parenting of mixed-marriage couples
from different ethnic backgrounds. Findings implied that mixed-marriage families from different
ethnic backgrounds differ in their ecological characteristics. These findings suggested that
programs, which are sensitive to the differentiated needs and experiences among mixed-marriage
families, are essential for understanding the different ways intermarriage functioned and
encouraging effective family development.
2087.6 Length of conversation and marital satisfaction within a Japanese married couple, Reiko
Tsuchikura, Hokkaido Bunkyo University, Japan
This research explores the relationship between the length of conversation (how long a couple
talks together per day) and the gap in their evaluation of marital satisfaction. In particular, it
examines the gap between a husband's evaluation of his satisfaction and the wife's evaluation of
her satisfaction. Further, it examines each partner's estimation of the other's satisfaction and
whether there is a gap with the actual reported satisfaction of that partner. The results suggest that
the length of conversation does not necessarily improve understanding between couples, however
it does seem to have relational maintenance function, but only for the wife.
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