Parents' comprehension of psychological reports
โ Scribed by Judith Wiener; Sonja Kohler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 367 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3085
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โฆ Synopsis
The purpose of this study was to investigate parents' comprehension of psychological reports, employing the same method used by Wiener (1985) in a similar study of teachers. Forty-five parents of handicapped children completed questionnaires and semantic differentials to assess their comprehension of and preference for three formats of psychological reports. As in the earlier study with teachers, it was found that parents comprehended better reports that organize information by functional domain, that describe strengths and problems in clear behavioural terms, that describe the child's learning style fully, and that state specific and elaborate program recommendations. Parents preferred these reports over shorter reports that did not have the above features. They especially liked reports that explicitly respond to the referral questions.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
GENERALIZED PERSONALITY INTERPRETATIONS 459 abbreviated form of the Rorschach was judged to be greater in depth than was the same interpretation when i t followed more structured tasks. Explanations of these findings were offered.