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Direct linkKrauss, M. W.; Seltzer, M. M.; Jacobson, H. T. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Very little is known about the context of caregiving by parents of adults with autism or about the perceived impacts of continued patterns of co-residence vs. out-of-family living. In the present study, maternal assessments of residential status, involvement with adult children living in a non-family setting, and the impacts on mothers of their…
Descriptors: Sons, Questionnaires, Daughters, Mothers
Dagnan, D.; Cairns, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
This study examines the importance of staff judgements of responsibility for challenging behaviour in predicting their emotional and intended helping responses. Sixty-two carers completed questionnaires rating attributions of internality, stability and controllability, emotions of sympathy and anger, judgements of responsibility for the…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Mental Retardation, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior
Taylor, N. S.; Standen, P. J.; Cutajar, P.; Fox, D.; Wilson, D. N. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004
Increased longevity among people with learning disabilities is accompanied by an increase in morbidity. A possible explanation is that living in the community and a move to greater independence may bring higher health risks through obesity and smoking. The study aimed to see if rates of smoking have increased from earlier published rates and to…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Social Services, Smoking, Risk
Phillips, A.; Morrison, J.; Davis, R. W. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2004
The community general practitioner (GP) has a central role in the provision of primary health care to people with intellectual disability (ID) as an indirect result of deinstitutionalization in Australia. This population, however, continues to experience poor health care compared to the general population. The current paper describes results from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Associations, Educational Needs, Sexuality
Ben-Zur, H.; Duvdevany, I.; Lury, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
The study was conducted with mothers of adult children with developmental disabilities and had two aims: (1) to examine the mental health, resources and stress among mothers who keep their adult child at home vs. those who choose placement in a community arrangement; and (2) to assess the associations of mothers resources and stress with mental…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Mothers, Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities
