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Cross-Lagged Analysis of Home Literacy Environment and Reading Ability of Children with Intellectual Disabilities
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Qianqian Wang; Zhengwei Gu; Lin Chai; Yangreng Shang; Tingzhao Wang – Journal of Research in Reading, 2025
Background: Understanding the reading ability of children with intellectual disabilities (ID) can help them improve their communication skill and cognition, but little is known about how home literacy environment (HLE) improves the reading ability of children with ID. The aim of the current study was to explore the mutual predictive relationship…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Reading Skills, Children, Mild Intellectual Disability
The Role of Personal and Environmental Factors in Autonomous Behaviour of People with Intellectual Disability
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Marija Cvijetic; Svetlana Kaljaca; Nenad Glumbic – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Studies have indicated that the level of autonomy of people with intellectual disability is influenced by personal and environmental factors. The aims of this cross-sectional and correlational study were to determine a correlation between the level of autonomy in adults with intellectual disability, on the one hand, and specific personal and…
Descriptors: Adults, Mild Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Environmental Influences
The Moderating Role of Microsystem Factors in the Relationship between Self-Concept and Self-Determination in the Romanian Context of Disabilities
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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
Family Quality of Life: Perceptions of Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Dizdarevic, Alma; Memisevic, Haris; Osmanovic, Armin; Mujezinovic, Amila – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The goal of the present study was to assess the family quality of life (FQOL) in families with children with developmental disabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We examined the FQOL in relation to parents' demographic variables (gender, age, employment status), children's gender and age, type of children's disability (mild and moderate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality of Life, Children, Developmental Disabilities
Developmental Differences in Children's Learning and Use of Forensic Ground Rules during an Interview about an Experienced Event
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Brown, Deirdre A.; Lewis, Charlie N.; Lamb, Michael E.; Gwynne, Jessie; Kitto, Oliver; Stairmand, Meghan – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Children often answer questions when they do not have the requisite knowledge or when they do not understand them. We examined whether "ground rules" instruction--to say "I don't know," to tell the truth, and to correct the interviewer when necessary--assisted children in applying those rules during an interview about a past…
Descriptors: Interviews, Comparative Analysis, Mental Age, Predictor Variables
Critical Components for Inclusion of Students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities into General Junior High School
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Chen, Li Ju – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
The critical component that allow the students with disabilities to be effectively included into the general education setting are of concern. Objectives: This research explored the factors relating to the effective inclusion of junior high school students with moderate intellectual disability (ID). Methods: The study was based on a survey of 74…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Junior High School Students