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The Profile of Performance Skills and Emotional Factors in the Context of Participation among Young Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
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Liberman, Lihi; Ratzon, Navah; Bart, Orit – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Participation is a person's involvement in daily activities in a variety of environments, roles and life situations. Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) experience difficulties in gaining academic achievements or in their engagement in activity of daily living. Motor difficulties have a negative effect on the ability to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Developmental Disabilities, Skill Development
The Functional Profile of Young Adults with Suspected Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
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Tal-Saban, Miri; Zarka, Salman; Grotto, Itamar; Ornoy, Asher; Parush, Shula – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
We assessed the non-academic and academic functioning of young adults with DCD, and investigated the emotional influences and the role of strategy use within this population. A random sample of 2379 adolescents and young adults aged 19-25 (1081 males [45.4%]; mean age = 20.68, SD = 3.42) was used to develop the instruments. From this sample, three…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescents, Profiles, Developmental Disabilities
Self-Reported Mood, General Health, Wellbeing and Employment Status in Adults with Suspected DCD
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Kirby, Amanda; Williams, Natalie; Thomas, Marie; Hill, Elisabeth L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) affects around 2-6% of the population and is diagnosed on the basis of poor motor coordination in the absence of other neurological disorders. Its psychosocial impact has been delineated in childhood but until recently there has been little understanding of the implications of the disorder beyond this.…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Well Being, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety
Psychosocial Work-Related Predictors and Consequences of Personal Burnout among Staff Working with People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Kozak, Agnessa; Kersten, Maren; Schillmoller, Zita; Nienhaus, Albert – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The purposes of this study were to investigate the potential predictors of personal burnout among staff working with people with intellectual disabilities and to investigate whether personal burnout is associated with health and work-related outcomes. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2011 in 30 residential facilities in northern Germany…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation
Verbal and Nonverbal Emotional Behaviour of Staff: A First Attempt in the Development of an Observation Instrument
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van Oorsouw, Wietske M. W. J.; Embregts, Petri J. C. M.; Sohier, Jody – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
It is common to use questionnaires and interviews to assess the emotions of staff who serve clients with intellectual disabilities. Remarkably, observations of actual staff behaviour and assessments of nonverbal expressions are usually not involved. In the present study, we have made a first start in the development of an observation instrument…
Descriptors: Expertise, Nonverbal Communication, Observation, Mental Retardation
Wellbeing Perception of Institutional Caregivers Working for People with Disabilities: Use of Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale Analyses
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Pei-Ying; Wu, Chia-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Little scientific research has focused on the measure of how positive wellbeing of people caring for people with disabilities. The purposes of the present study are to explore the wellbeing perception and its determinants of caregivers who caring for people with disability. We employed a cross-sectional, self-administrative structured…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Caregivers