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Attitudes of Children and Adolescents toward Persons Who Are Deaf, Blind, Paralyzed or Intellectually Disabled
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de Laat, Stijn; Freriksen, Ellen; Vervloed, Mathijs P. J. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study aimed to explore Dutch students' attitudes toward deaf, blind, paralyzed or intellectually disabled persons and to determine whether age, self-esteem, gender, religion and familiarity with a disabled person have a significant effect on these attitudes. The attitudes of 200 high school and 144 university students were determined with two…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Student Attitudes, Self Esteem, Deafness
Limited Concordance between Teachers, Parents and Healthcare Professionals on the Presence of Chronic Diseases in ID-Adolescents
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Oeseburg, B.; Jansen, D. E. M. C.; Reijneveld, S. A.; Dijkstra, G. J.; Groothoff, J. W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Evidence on teachers' knowledge about somatic and mental chronic diseases among ID-adolescent compared to the knowledge parents and healthcare professionals have, is limited. The aim of this study is: (1) to assess the knowledge of teachers on the presence of chronic diseases in ID-adolescents; (2) to compare teachers with parents and healthcare…
Descriptors: Parents, Incidence, Questionnaires, Adolescents
Characteristics of Children and Adolescents in the Dutch National in- and Outpatient Mental Health Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth over a Period of 15 Years
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van Gent, Tiejo; Goedhart, Arnold W.; Treffers, Philip D. A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
In this study socio-demographic, deafness-related and diagnostic characteristics of hearing impaired children and adolescents referred to a national mental health service for deaf and hard of hearing children and adolescents were examined. Socio-demographic and diagnostic characteristics were compared to corresponding characteristics of hearing…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Mental Health, Health Services
Prevalence of Chronic Diseases in Adolescents with Intellectual Disability
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Oeseburg, B.; Jansen, D. E. M. C.; Dijkstra, G. J.; Groothoff, J. W.; Reijneveld, S. A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Valid community-based data on the prevalence of chronic diseases in adolescents (12-18 years) with intellectual disability (ID-adolescents) are scarce. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence rates and the nature of chronic diseases in a population of ID-adolescents and to compare them with the rates among adolescents in the general…
Descriptors: Incidence, Mental Retardation, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Pervasive Developmental Disorder Behavior in Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Co-Occurring Somatic Chronic Diseases
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Oeseburg, B.; Groothoff, J. W.; Dijkstra, G. J.; Reijneveld, S. A.; Jansen, D. E. M. C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Evidence on the association between somatic chronic diseases in ID-adolescents and the full range of pervasive developmental disorder behavior (PDD behavior) is scarce. The aim of the present study is to assess the association between somatic chronic diseases in ID-adolescents and mild PDD behavior. We obtained data on 1044 ID-adolescents, aged…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Mental Retardation, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder