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Schwartz, Ariel E.; Kramer, Jessica M.; Rogers, E. Sally; McDonald, Katherine E.; Cohn, Ellen S. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions (IDD-MH) experience significant mental health disparities. Barriers to services include transportation and stigma associated with services. Peer mentoring (PM) may be one solution to these barriers. Methods: We conducted exploratory…
Descriptors: Mentors, Intervention, Program Development, Peer Relationship
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Hintermair, Manfred – Exceptional Children, 2000
In this German study, 317 parents of children with hearing impairments and additional disabilities completed both the Parenting Stress Index and an additional questionnaire on demographics and related information. Analysis showed consistently high stress scores in the Child Domain, whereas the Parent Domain showed only a slight tendency toward…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Coping, Foreign Countries
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Nezu, Christine M.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This study investigated the differential effectiveness of assertiveness and problem-solving training on 28 dually diagnosed (mild mental retardation and mental disorders) patients' adaptive social behavior, distress and psychiatric symptoms, anger control, and problem-solving coping skills. Improvements resulted from combined assertiveness and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Anger, Assertiveness