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INFLUENCE OF YORUBA BELIEFS ABOUT ABNORMALITY ON THE SOCIALIZATION OF DEAF CHILDREN: A RESEARCH NOTE
Author(s) -
TogonuBickersteth Funmi,
Odebiyi A. I.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1985.tb01646.x
Subject(s) - psychology , socialization , yoruba , abnormality , developmental psychology , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy
The study examines patterns of communication modes of guidance and discipline and affectional bond between 176 Yoruba hearing mother and their deaf children. Results relating to communication support earlier findings about the frustrations inherent in such endeavour. Contrary to other published reports, the Yoruba mothers studied perceived expressive linguistic abilities of deaf children more negatively than receptive abilities. Communication difficulties affected mothers' guidance and discipline, particularly since the culturally preferred modes of discipline rely very heavily on children's age‐related language competence. Mothers' verbal claims of affectional bonds were not supported by evidence from other sources close to and including the deaf children.