Jean Ann Summers

Datos Biográficos

ID244369
NOMBREJean Ann Summers
NOMBRESJean Ann
APELLIDOSummers
FIRMASUMMERS J A
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Kansas
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAS39
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1999
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2013
ÍNDICE H3

  • Family Quality of Life

    Michael L Wehmeyer, Caya Chiu et al.BOOKThe Oxford Handbook of Positive…2013

    Family quality of life (FQOL) shares a mutual goal with positive psychology in its emphasis on strengths and the enhancement of well-being. This chapter reviews trends in family research related to family quality of life in the disability field and draws parallels with the positive psychology field in terms of a gradual evolution from a negative to a positive orientation. This evolutionary progress is highlighted in terms of reviewing current res…

  • Examining the Experiences and Decisions of Parents/Guardians

    Open AccessJudith M S Gross, Luchara Wallace et al.ARTICLEJournal of Disability Policy…2012Citada por: 3Referencias: 5

    Participant direction is a service delivery model in which the consumer of public benefits, or his or her surrogate decision maker, exercises some level of choice and control over the consumer’s supports and services. In this case study, the authors examined the decisions and experiences of parents/guardians who directed supports and services for an adult with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities (SIDD). Respondents included th…

  • "The Meaning of "Good Fatherhood

    Jean Ann Summers, Kimberly Boller et al.ARTICLEParenting2006Citada por: 3Referencias: 3

    Objective. To gain a better understanding of how low-income fathers of young children think about their role as fathers, we conducted a qualitative inquiry into the beliefs of fathers of 24-month-old children about what "good fatherhood" means to them. Design. The 575 open-ended interviews, collected in 14 Early Head Start Fathers of Toddlers Qualitative Interview Substudy sites around the United States were analyzed using NUD*IST qualitative sof…

  • "The Meaning of "Good Fatherhood

    Jean Ann Summers, Kimberly Boller et al.ARTICLEParenting2006Citada por: 5Referencias: 2

  • Building successful home visitor–mother relationships and reaching program goals in two Early Head Start programs

    Open AccessSheila J Brookes, Jean Ann Summers et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2006Citada por: 22Referencias: 9

  • Assessing Family Outcomes

    Open AccessLesa Hoffman, Janet Marquis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2006Citada por: 6Referencias: 15

    There is currently a lack of reliable scales with which to assess the construct of family quality of life, particularly for families who have children with disabilities. The current work presents 2 studies, including a total of 488 families with children with disabilities, which were conducted to complete the development of a scale to assess family quality of life. The measure was refined through confirmatory factor analyses into 25 items that as…

  • Dimensions of Family and Professional Partnerships

    Open AccessMartha Blue-Banning, Jean Ann Summers et al.ARTICLEJournal of Exceptional Children2004

    The development of collaborative partnerships between parents and professionals is too often unsuccessful. One reason for this failure may be the lack of empirical understanding of the components of interpersonal partnerships. Using qualitative inquiry, 33 focus groups were conducted with adult family members of children with and without disabilities and service providers and administrators. In addition, 32 individual interviews were conducted wi…

  • Low-income fathers' and mothers' perceptions of the father role

    Open AccessJean Ann Summers, Helen Raikes et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal1999Referencias: 13

    A qualitative inquiry in four Early Head Start Research sites explored the question of how low-income mothers and fathers view the role of fathers in their families. Role perceptions were gathered from a total of 56 parents of infants and toddlers across the four sites, using multiple data collection methods that included focus groups, open-ended interviews, and one case study. The data were analyzed to identify common themes across sites. The pa…

  • Low‐income fathers' and mothers' perceptions of the father role

    Open AccessJean Ann Summers, Helen Raikes et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal1999

    A qualitative inquiry in four Early Head Start Research sites explored the question of how low-income mothers and fathers view the role of fathers in their families. Role perceptions were gathered from a total of 56 parents of infants and toddlers across the four sites, using multiple data collection methods that included focus groups, open-ended interviews, and one case study. The data were analyzed to identify common themes across sites. The pa…