The Impact of a Visually Impaired Parent on a Family's Decision Making

Abstract

This study compared the dynamics of decision making in intact families in which one parent is visually impaired (is blind or has low vision) and those in which both parents are sighted. It found that the child in a family with a visually impaired parent exerts more influence on the process of deciding to purchase goods and services than does a child in a family in which both parents are sighted.