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Psychological Features Of Kinship Care Families: Interview Version For Guardians

Table 3:

Scale (range) Indicator Mean Difference Z/p<)
G M GM G-M G-GM
Attitudes to current family situation measured with Attitudes to important life situations (1-4) It's good that our family has children. Being a guardian (mother, grandmother) is a valuable experience for me 3.43 3.67 3.80
The situation seems very difficult to me 2.39 2.13 2.20
I believe that everything will be fine 3.61 3.73 3.50
In this situation, little depends on me. It just happened 2.36 1.87 2.20 2.01/ 0.05
I take an active part in the situation that our family is currently in 3.61 3.53 3.30
Attitudes to guardian (mother, grandmother) family role measured with Color association test (1-8, reversed) My child 1.75 1.65 2.11
My family 2.61 1.88 2.33
Myself as guardian 2.75 - -
Myself as mother (Myself as grandmother) 3.00 2.92 2.56
Myself 3.00 2.65 2.78
My life 2.64 2.77 3.11
Life of my family 2.68 2.15 1.89
Attitudes to education measured with PARI (1-4) Encouraging verbalization 2.69 2.48 2.50
Excessive care 2.43 2.72 2.70
Breaking the will 1.57 1.90 2.10 2.04/0.05
Fear to offend 3.14 3.17 3.10
Irritability 2.29 2.17 2.50
Excessive severity 2.21 1.80 2.10
Excluding outside influences 2.29 2.23 2.10
Suppression of aggression 2.61 2.57 2.60
Comradeship and sharing 2.71 2.90 2.60
Approval of activity 2.64 2.60 2.80
Avoidance of communication 2.36 2.47 2.70
Suppression of sex 2.11 2.10 2.20
Interference into child’s world 2.54 2.90 2.80
Equalitarianism 2.86 3.53 3.20 3.38/ 0.001
Acceleration of development 2.50 2.37 2.20
Prognosis of family perspectives measured with Psychological autobiography (see the range in column 2) Number of events (unlimited) 2.92 2.99 2.67
Mode of events (from -5 to +5) 4.48 4.24 4.17
Number of family events connected to respondent personally (unlimited) 0.80 2.24 1.50 3.98/ 0.001 2.00/ 0.05
Number of family events connected to children (unlimited) 2.48 1.12 1.17 3.14/ 0.01 2.05/ 0.05
Prognosis depth (in years, unlimited) 2.73 1.56 1.87 2.13/ 0.05
Scale (range) Indicator Mean Difference Z/p<)
G M GM G-M G-GM
Attitudes to current family situation measured with Attitudes to important life situations (1-4) It's good that our family has children. Being a guardian (mother, grandmother) is a valuable experience for me 3.43 3.67 3.80
The situation seems very difficult to me 2.39 2.13 2.20
I believe that everything will be fine 3.61 3.73 3.50
In this situation, little depends on me. It just happened 2.36 1.87 2.20 2.01/ 0.05
I take an active part in the situation that our family is currently in 3.61 3.53 3.30
Attitudes to guardian (mother, grandmother) family role measured with Color association test (1-8, reversed) My child 1.75 1.65 2.11
My family 2.61 1.88 2.33
Myself as guardian 2.75 - -
Myself as mother (Myself as grandmother) 3.00 2.92 2.56
Myself 3.00 2.65 2.78
My life 2.64 2.77 3.11
Life of my family 2.68 2.15 1.89
Attitudes to education measured with PARI (1-4) Encouraging verbalization 2.69 2.48 2.50
Excessive care 2.43 2.72 2.70
Breaking the will 1.57 1.90 2.10 2.04/0.05
Fear to offend 3.14 3.17 3.10
Irritability 2.29 2.17 2.50
Excessive severity 2.21 1.80 2.10
Excluding outside influences 2.29 2.23 2.10
Suppression of aggression 2.61 2.57 2.60
Comradeship and sharing 2.71 2.90 2.60
Approval of activity 2.64 2.60 2.80
Avoidance of communication 2.36 2.47 2.70
Suppression of sex 2.11 2.10 2.20
Interference into child’s world 2.54 2.90 2.80
Equalitarianism 2.86 3.53 3.20 3.38/ 0.001
Acceleration of development 2.50 2.37 2.20
Prognosis of family perspectives measured with Psychological autobiography (see the range in column 2) Number of events (unlimited) 2.92 2.99 2.67
Mode of events (from -5 to +5) 4.48 4.24 4.17
Number of family events connected to respondent personally (unlimited) 0.80 2.24 1.50 3.98/ 0.001 2.00/ 0.05
Number of family events connected to children (unlimited) 2.48 1.12 1.17 3.14/ 0.01 2.05/ 0.05
Prognosis depth (in years, unlimited) 2.73 1.56 1.87 2.13/ 0.05
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