title: Family decision making: benefits to persons with developmental disabilities and their family members.
abstract: Family involvement in planning and choosing services has become a key intervention concept in developmental disability services. This study (N = 547) modeled patterns of family decision making and assessed benefits to persons with developmental disabilities (DDs) and their family members. A latent profile analysis identified 4 classes that were highly involved in decision making (n = 118), involved only in planning (n = 166), involved only in financial decisions (n = 75), and uninvolved (n = 188). Multiple regression analysis indicated that consumers with DD whose family members were highly involved received more services than consumers in other families. A multivariate analysis of covariance indicated that the family members in the highly involved and planning classes experienced more family member satisfaction than others. Findings have implications for practice.
authors.affiliation: College of Social Work, University of Tennesse, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. sneely2@utk.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neely-Barnes
authors.forename: J Carolyn
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Graff
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcenko
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D019090:Case Management; D003256:Community Participation; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012944:Social Support