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Mihaela Cristea; Alois Ghergut – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Background: Research and theoretical models of self-determination and self-concept claim that microsystem ecological factors have an influence and manifest a predictive role in the relationship between self-concept and self-determination. Knowing the mechanisms through which personal and contextual factors influence or predict the self-determined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Self Determination, Individual Characteristics
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Weihao Xin; Chunling Liu; Zhenzhen Zhang; Xiaoxue Yao – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
In a person-centred approach, this study investigated profiles of inclusive teachers' beliefs about teaching students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their relations to teacher efficacy for inclusive practice. Eight hundred eighty-seven inclusive teachers in China responded to the Inclusive Teachers' Beliefs…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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Himmelberger, Zachary M.; Faught, Gayle G.; Tungate, Andrew S.; Conners, Frances A.; Merrill, Edward C. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Background: Explaining individual differences in people's attitudes toward individuals with intellectual disability (ID) is important for increasing social inclusion of people with ID. The aim of the current study was to replicate and extend past research by formulating a single model of attitudes toward individuals with ID with several…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Predictor Variables
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Pan, Cheng-Chen; Davis, Ronald – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Objectives: Self-description research on athletes with intellectual disabilities (ID) is under investigated. The specific aims in this paper are (a) to identify the differences in physical self-concept and body image by Unified Sports experiences, and (b) to investigate predictors of physical self-concept. Methods: Participants included 89 Special…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Athletes, Predictor Variables, Athletics
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Sáez-Suanes, Gema P.; Álvarez-Couto, María; d'Orey Roquete, María – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) usually appears associated with other comorbid psychopathology. For this reason, the present research aimed to study the comorbid conditions in ASD paying more attention to depressive symptoms. The investigation included a sample of 37 adults with ASD and intellectual disability (M = 27.49; SD = 9.2), users of…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Adults, Autism
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Mirete, Ana B.; Belmonte, Ma Luisa; Mirete, Lucía; García-Sanz, Ma Paz – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Social change towards inclusion is a very common topic, but progress is slow. Because of its importance in the current educational context, knowing how to speed up this transformation is fundamental. A multiple regression analysis with a transversal quantitative designed survey (n = 245) was conducted. The aim was to identify internal and external…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Predictor Variables, Intellectual Disability, Empathy
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Hamad Alnahdi, Ghaleb – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Background: Positive attitudes toward people with intellectual disability (PWID) are essential for full social inclusion. Two variables that may shape public attitudes toward PWID are "knowledge of intellectual disability" and "quality of contact" with individuals who have disabilities. Method: Participants were 455…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Undergraduate Students