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Direct linkSarah E. Bjornson; Adrienne Perry – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Children with severe developmental disabilities are frequently excluded from research, and little is known about their quality of life (QoL). Using a mixed-methods approach, this study examined relationships between school factors and QoL for these children and their families. Method: 171 parents of children with severe developmental…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Quality of Life
Bruinsma, Eke; van den Hoofdakker, Barbara J.; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; de Kuijper, Gerda M.; de Bildt, Annelies A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: This study aimed to examine the associations between individual staff and staff team characteristics and quality of life of individuals with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours. Method: With multilevel analyses, we examined educational level, experience, attitudes and behaviours of 240 staff members, in relation to…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Individual Characteristics, Correlation, Intellectual Disability
Smits, Hedwig J. H.; Seelen-de Lang, Birgit L.; Penterman, Engelbertus J. M.; Nijman, Henk L. I.; Noorthoorn, Eric O. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Elucidating the influence of mild intellectual disability (MID; IQ 50-70)/borderline intellectual functioning (BIF; IQ 70-85) and (comorbid) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the quality of life of patients with serious mental illness (SMI) could improve their mental health care. Method: This study comprises a prospective…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mild Intellectual Disability, Comorbidity, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Zonneveld, Ellen; van Schelven, Femke; Boeije, Hennie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic poses risks to the quality of life (QoL) of relatives of individuals with intellectual disabilities. This paper investigates relatives' QoL and associated risk and buffering factors before and during the pandemic. Method: Surveys were administered to three samples of relatives in the Netherlands in 2019 (N = 105)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Quality of Life, Pandemics, Intellectual Disability
Kim, Jinhee; Kim, Hyunlye; Park, Seojin; Yoo, Jaeyong; Gelegjamts, Delgersuren – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Intellectual disabilities are characterized by constant and complex needs for care that place a heavy burden on the families of affected individuals and affect their overall quality of life. We evaluated the mediating effects of family functioning on the relationship between care burden and the family quality of life of caregivers of…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Family Life, Quality of Life, Child Caregivers
Vilaseca, Rosa; Gràcia, Marta; Beltran, Francesc S.; Dalmau, Mariona; Alomar, Elisabeth; Adam-Alcocer, Ana Luisa; Simó-Pinatella, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: The study assesses the support needs of individuals with intellectual disability and their families in Catalonia. The present authors examine family quality of life (FQoL), identify the individual services required and assess families' perceptions of the extent to which their family member with intellectual disability and they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Needs Assessment, Family Needs
Perry, Adrienne; Isaacs, Barry – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
Background: Family Quality of Life (FQOL) is an important construct in the Intellectual Disabilities field. Several measures exist, including one developed by an international group, the Family Quality of Life Survey-2006 (FQOLS-2006; Brown et al.2006). However, the psychometric properties of this measure have yet to be fully investigated. This…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Surveys, Intellectual Disability, Family (Sociological Unit)
Badia, Marta; Orgaz, María Begoña; Verdugo, Miguel Á.; Ullán, Ana M.; Martínez, Magdalena – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: Studies of people with developmental disabilities suggest that participation in leisure activities might be a key factor for good quality of life. This study explores the relationships between objective and subjective quality of life and leisure participation of adults with developmental disabilities. Materials and Methods: A…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Recreational Activities, Participation, Quality of Life
Albuquerque, Cristina P. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Background: This study analyzes the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Quality of Life Questionnaire (QOL-Q; Quality of Life Questionnaire Manual--1993 Manual and 2004 Revision. 2004, IDS Publishing Company, Worthington, OH; Schalock & Keith 2004). Method: The analysis of the factorial structure was carried out on a sample of…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Factor Structure
McGlinchey, Eimear; McCallion, Philip; Burke, Eilish; Carroll, Rachel; McCarron, Mary – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Background: The benefits of being in employment are well documented; however, underemployment is a critical issue for people with intellectual disability (ID). Some individuals perceive themselves as being in employment when in fact they are attending a non-work site such as a day service. The impact that this perception of employment has on other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation, Underemployment, Day Programs
Beadle-Brown, Julie; Hutchinson, Aislinn; Mansell, Jim – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: National minimum standards for residential care homes were introduced following the Care Standards Act 2000 in response to concern about the lack of consistency and poor quality services. These standards are intended to reflect outcomes for service users and to be comprehensive in scope. Method: This study compared ratings made by care…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Mental Retardation, Inspection, Standards
Riches, Vivienne C.; Parmenter, Trevor R.; Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Hindmarsh, Gabrielle; Chan, Jeff – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: There is an urgent need for developing reliable, valid and practical instruments that assess and classify the support needed by persons with disability to function in their chosen living, working and social environments. I-CAN is an instrument that addresses the frequency and level of support needed (not individual skills or deficits)…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Empowerment, Social Influences, Evaluation Methods
Verdugo, M. A.; Jordan de Urries, F. B.; Jenaro, C.; Caballo, C.; Crespo, M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Aim: This study investigate what characteristics of supported employment increase quality of life and whether quality of life is higher in supported employment workers or the sheltered ones in Spain. Typicalness, the degree to which the characteristics of a job are the same as those of co-workers without a disability in the same company, was…
Descriptors: Supported Employment, Mental Retardation, Quality of Life, Work Environment
