Improving the validity of the PSNI in assessing the performance of deaf parents of hearing children.

The content validity of the Parental Strengths and Needs Inventory (PSNI) for evaluating the child-rearing performance of deaf adults was assessed by replicating and extending an earlier cross-sectional descriptive study. Three types of subjects--deaf parents, hearing offspring, and hearing grandparents--provided the research data. The interview responses of 15 parent-child dyads were triangulated with grandparent questionnaire responses to identify parental issues not tapped by the closed-ended PSNI format.

Regular-class students' attitudes toward integrated multiply handicapped peers.

Regular-class students (N = 240) were questioned about their attitudes toward integrated multiply handicapped children. Factor analysis of the attitudes questionnaire revealed four dimensions of attitudes: casual-contact, contact-desire, deviance-tolerance, and peer-acceptance. The effects of sex, grade (or age), and integrated school experience on these dimensions were analyzed.