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Direct linkBrand, Fiona; Scior, Katrina; Loewenberger, Alana – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Befriending is an intervention intended to provide companionship and support to socially isolated populations. This review aimed to understand the key characteristics and psychological and social outcomes of befriending interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities. Methods: Systematic searches of electronic databases…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Friendship, Intervention
van Asselt-Goverts, A. E.; Embregts, P. J. C. M.; Hendriks, A. H. C. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Little is known about the effectiveness of interventions aimed at enhancing the social networks of people with intellectual disabilities. This study explores the results of such an intervention. How did the clients with mild to borderline intellectual disabilities and their support workers evaluate the intervention? What did they learn…
Descriptors: Intervention, Social Networks, Psychological Patterns, Self Determination
Brown, Jessica; Beail, Nigel – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
Background: Research into self-harm among people with intellectual disabilities has focused predominantly on high frequency internally maladaptive behaviour among people whose disability is severe or profound. Research into different forms of self-harm, such as cutting or burning the skin, found in those with mild intellectual disabilities;…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Interviews, Emotional Experience, Anxiety
