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Frank J. Floyd

Researcher at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Publications -  36
Citations -  3751

Frank J. Floyd is an academic researcher from University of Hawaii at Manoa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intellectual disability & Longitudinal study. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 36 publications receiving 3432 citations. Previous affiliations of Frank J. Floyd include University of Hawaii & Georgia State University.

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Life Course Impacts of Parenting a Child With a Disability

TL;DR: Parents whose child had a serious mental health problem had normative patterns of educational and occupational attainment and marriage, but elevated levels of physical symptoms, depression, and alcohol symptoms at mid-life, compared with parents who had a child with a developmental disability.
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The relative risk and timing of divorce in families of children with an autism spectrum disorder.

TL;DR: Younger maternal age when the child with ASD was born and having the child born later in the birth order were positively predictive of divorce for parents of children with an ASD, which has implications for interventions focused on ameliorating ongoing and long-term marital strains.
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Parental Stress, Care Demands, and Use of Support Services for School-Age Children with Disabilities and Behavior Problems.

TL;DR: For instance, Floyd et al. as mentioned in this paper found that the presence of significant behavior problems was more important than disability type in determining most forms of parental stress, and predicted mental health services use.
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Long-Term Effects of the Death of a Child on Parents’ Adjustment in Midlife

TL;DR: Bereaved parents of deceased children and comparison parents with similar backgrounds identified in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study reported more depressive symptoms, poorer well-being, and more health problems and were more likely to have experienced a depressive episode and marital disruption than were comparison parents.
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Coming-out across the life course: implications of age and historical context.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of age and the calendar year when individuals first self-identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual on their sexual orientation identity development were examined in a large community sample (N=767, 47% female, 18-74 years old).