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Bossaert, Goele; Colpin, Hilde; Pijl, Sip Jan; Petry, Katja – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study aimed to explore Belgian adolescents' attitudes towards peers with disabilities and to explore factors associated with these attitudes. Based on the theory of persuasive communication, this study focused on receiver variables (the "whom"), characteristics of students with disabilities ("concerning who") and channel…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Peer Relationship
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Winton, Alan S. W.; Singh, Judy; Singh, Ashvind N. A.; Singh, Angela D. A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
A young man with intellectual disabilities (ID) and mental illness, who had previously been taught to successfully manage his aggressive behavior by using "Meditation on the Soles of the Feet," reported that he shared his mindfulness practice with his peers with ID. When requested by his peers, and without any training as a therapist, he began to…
Descriptors: Aggression, Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders, Psychological Patterns