Deborah Maxwell-McCaw

• Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
• Managing Director at Gallaudet University

This study involved the development and validation of the Deaf Acculturation Scale (DAS), a new measure of cultural identity for Deaf and hard-of-hearing (hh) populations. Data for this study were collected online and involved a nation-wide sample of 3,070 deaf/hh individuals. Results indicated strong internal reliabilities for all the subscales, a...

The number of children who have received cochlear implants (CIs) has increased dramatically in the past two decades. In view of potential concerns about their psychosocial adjustment, our aim was to assess the effect of implants on the adolescents’ psychosocial functioning among a group of 57 deaf adolescents with and without CIs, using published a...

How can a certain piece of technology influence one's identity? In the case of cochlear implants, what is the relationship between having a cochlear implant and one's identity development? This chapter will attempt to address this by exploring the concept of identity, how it evolves, what deaf-related identities are all about, the various perceptio...

What are the experiences of Deaf and hard-of-hearing students in applying for predoctoral internships in professional psychology? Are internship programs aware of accessibility issues in regard to these applicants? Federal laws, accreditation guidelines of the American Psychological Association, and rules of the Association of Psychology Postdoctor...

The emergence of Deaf culture and recent developments in identity research fueled by cultural diversity has ignited exploration of identity development in deaf people. The issue of how individuals go through the process of developing identities related to being deaf is now receiving much attention. Two major theoretical models in the literature, sp...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--George Washington University, 2001. Includes bibliographical references. Typescript. "UMI Number: 9995473"--T.p. verso. Photocopy.