A Study On Family Cohesion And Adaptability Among Couples With Differently Abled Kids In

Family cohesion is dened as the "emotional bonding that family members have toward one another " Specic indicators for measuring the family cohesion dimension are emotional bonding, boundaries, coalitions, time, space, friends, decision-making, and interests and recreation. Adaptability is dened as "the ability of the marital or family system to change in its power structure, role relationships, and relationship rules in response to situational and developmental stress" (Olson, Russell, and Sprengkle 1984, 60). According to Hill (1988), time spent together enhance the development of attachment among the couples, which made them feel closer and encourage them to remind themselves of their long marriage Time spent together encouraged communication between family members and enhanced the understanding among them. Therefore, a warm, caring and supportive family environment was built. The explanation was consistent with the study done by Zabrikie and McCormick (2001). With the development of a highly cohesive foundation in family, there is high understanding and warmth among family members, even though time spent together reduces, and it will not have a big effect on family cohesion. This paper aim to bring out the family adaptability and cohesion among the married couples having differently abled children.its a descrip-tive study uses simple random sampling to collect 50 respondents from the universe. Self-prepared questionnaires to collect the personal data constructed and family adaptability and cohesion evaluation scale administered to study the same. A detailed analysis and were discussions were discussed in the full paper AgricultureRESEARCH PAPE