Loyer-Carlson V L, Sugawara A I
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-5109.
Percept Mot Skills. 1988 Oct;67(2):633-4. doi: 10.2466/pms.1988.66.2.633.
This study examined the associations between mothers' estimates of both hearing family members' competence in sign language and their deaf child's loneliness. 32 mothers of children who functioned as deaf were asked to assess their hearing family members' competence in sign language and to complete the UCLA Loneliness Scale for an estimate of their deaf child's loneliness. Significant positive correlations were found among hearing family members' estimated competence in sign language; however, no significant correlations were found between hearing family members' estimated competence in sign language and their deaf child's estimated loneliness. These findings suggest that hearing members may contribute to each other's competence in sign language and may communicate with their deaf child through alternative methods rather than formal sign language.
本研究考察了母亲对听力正常家庭成员手语能力的评估与她们失聪孩子的孤独感之间的关联。32位有失聪孩子的母亲被要求评估其听力正常家庭成员的手语能力，并完成加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独感量表，以评估她们失聪孩子的孤独感。研究发现，听力正常家庭成员估计的手语能力之间存在显著的正相关；然而，听力正常家庭成员估计的手语能力与他们失聪孩子估计的孤独感之间未发现显著相关性。这些发现表明，听力正常的家庭成员可能会促进彼此的手语能力，并可能通过其他方式而非正式手语与他们失聪的孩子进行交流。
