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Social-Emotional Problems of Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities Having Parents with Mental Health Concerns: A Quantitative Comparison Study
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Riemersma, I.; Van Santvoort, F.; Van Doesum, K. T. M.; Hosman, C. M. H.; Janssens, J. M. A. M.; Weeland, M.; Otten, R. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Introduction: Children of parents with mental health concerns are at-risk for social-emotional problems. In this study, we assessed whether children with a mild intellectual disability and parents with mental health concerns are particularly at-risk. Method: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) reports of children with a mild…
Descriptors: Parents, Mental Disorders, Mild Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons
A Questionnaire to Measure Direct Support Professionals' Attitude towards Healthy Nutrition of People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Overwijk, A.; Krijnen, W. P.; Hilgenkamp, T. I. M.; van der Schans, C. P.; van der Putten, A. A. J.; Waninge, A. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: Direct support professionals' (DSPs') attitudes toward nutrition are important for supporting a healthy lifestyle of persons with intellectual disabilities. However, there are no instruments to measure it. The aim of this study was to compose a questionnaire and determine its internal validity. Method: The previously validated Health…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Allied Health Personnel, Attitudes, Life Style
Everybody Is…Drinking! Interpretation Bias in Problematic Drinkers with and without Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability
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van Duijvenbode, Neomi; Didden, Robert; Korzilius, Hubert P. L. M.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2016
Background: Problematic alcohol use is characterized by disrupted associative processing of environmental clues, where problematic drinkers interpret ambiguous, alcohol-relevant clues in an alcohol-related way. The present study examined the strength of this interpretation bias in a large sample (N = 230) of light and problematic drinkers with and…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Environmental Influences, Mild Intellectual Disability
Prevalence and Determinants of Need for Formal Parenting Support among Parents Raising a Child with a Borderline to Mild Intellectual Disability
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Kleefman, Marijke; Reijneveld, Sijmen A.; Jansen, Daniëlle E. M. C. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2015
Background: Raising children with borderline to mild intellectual disability (BMID) and psychosocial problems may yield a strong need for support among parents, but evidence for this is lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of need for parenting support in this population, and the child and parent characteristics that…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Mild Intellectual Disability, Incidence, Parent Child Relationship