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Trinidad Domínguez Vila; Elisa Alén González – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The majority of studies about disability and the labour market tend to treat disabled people as a homogeneous group, without considering that their behaviour differs based on certain variables such as typology and degree of disability, education level, gender or age, particularly among those with intellectual disabilities. For this reason, the…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Intellectual Disability, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Educational Attainment
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Martínez-González, Agustín E. – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2022
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by difficulties in communication and repetitive behaviors. The early detection of ASD is a clinical priority in education centres and medical services. COREAT is a computer adaptation of the Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised (RBS-R) which has been designed to facilitate…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Severity (of Disability), Behavior Problems, Telecommunications
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Arija, Victoria; Esteban-Figuerola, Patricia; Morales-Hidalgo, Paula; Jardí, Cristina; Canals-Sans, Josefa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This article assesses nutritional intake and adequacy in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), subdiagnostic autistic symptoms and children with typical development (TD). In total, 77 children diagnosed with ASD, 40 with subdiagnostic autistic symptoms and 333 children with TD were assessed. A validated food frequency questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Control Groups, Food, Nutrition
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Belaire, Ana; Colomer, Carla; Maravé-Vivas, María; Chiva-Bartoll, Oscar – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Background: A high number of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) present motor deficits. The objectives of this study were (1) to evaluate the motor performance of children with ASD and (2) to analyze the influence that sociodemographic variables and difficulties related to learning have in the development of motor deficits. Method:…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Early Adolescents
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Nuñez-Polo, Mercedes H. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Introduction: The aim of this study is to validate a Spanish version of the Impact of Event Scale on People with ID (IES-ID). Methods: IES-ID was administered to adults with ID (n = 120), analyzing internal consistency, inter-rater and test-retest reliability, criterion validity, construct validity and feasibility. Results: Good internal…
Descriptors: Spanish, Translation, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis
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Peña-Salazar, Carlos; Arrufat, Francesc; Santos, Josep Manel; Fontanet, Abel; González-Castro, Gretel; Más, Silvia; Roura-Poch, Pere; Valdés-Stauber, Juan – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background and purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the level of mental disorders and challenging behaviour in individuals with intellectual disability (ID) supported by specialized services, but without a prior psychiatric diagnosis, and to compare the levels of different disorders depending on the severity of ID. Methods: This is a…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Clinical Diagnosis, Behavior Disorders
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Morte-Soriano, Manuel Ramón; Begeny, John C.; Soriano-Ferrer, Manuel – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Research exploring behavioral ratings of executive functioning (EF) for children and adolescents with dyslexia is scarce, which limits researchers, clinicians, educators, and parents from understanding and best supporting these students at home and/or school. Using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, Second Edition (BRIEF-2)…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Executive Function, Students with Disabilities, Dyslexia
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Wilson, C. Ellie; Saldaña, David – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
The ability to disengage attention and reengage elsewhere has been proposed as a fundamental deficit in the autism spectrum, potentially disrupting development of higher cognitive domains. Eye-movements were recorded while 16 autism spectrum children of mixed ability, and 18 typically developing age-matched controls, completed the Gap-Overlap…
Descriptors: Attention, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Eye Movements
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Mira, Álvaro; Berenguer, Carmen; Roselló, Belén; Baixauli, Inmaculada; Miranda, Ana – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This study aimed to identify different profiles of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability (ID) and maternal factors characteristic of these profiles. Participants were 89 children between 7 and 11 years old and their mothers, distributed in two groups, 52 children with ASD and 37 with typical development (TD).…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Children, Mothers
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Domínguez, Ana-Belén; Alegría, Jesús; Carrillo, María-Soledad; González, Virginia – American Annals of the Deaf, 2019
The authors examined the relationship between cochlear implants (CIs) and reading acquisition and attempted to determine the part played by phonological and orthographic resources in this task. Four groups of Spanish-speaking deaf children were examined: children with either early- or late-implanted CIs, and children without CIs who had either…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Hearing Impairments, Reading Skills
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Morales Hidalgo, Paula; Voltas Moreso, Núria; Canals Sans, Josefa – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
The autism spectrum disorder prevalence data for southern Europe seem to be lower than international reports. The objective of the Neurodevelopmental Disorders Epidemiological Research Project was to estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in a representative school sample of Tarragona, Spain. Screening was performed through parents (N…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Incidence, Epidemiology
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Bernaras Iturrioz, Elena; Insúa Cerretani, Patricia; Bully Garay, Paola – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2018
This study recruited 4799 university students to complete a Spanish language version of Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation -- Outcome Measure and an ad hoc questionnaire to determine the presence and severity of psychological problems and identify potential explanatory factors. The percentage of participants who exceeded the cut-off point for…
Descriptors: Incidence, Severity (of Disability), Risk, Academic Achievement
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Vilaseca, Rosa; Gràcia, Marta; Beltran, Francesc S.; Dalmau, Mariona; Alomar, Elisabeth; Adam-Alcocer, Ana Luisa; Simó-Pinatella, David – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: The study assesses the support needs of individuals with intellectual disability and their families in Catalonia. The present authors examine family quality of life (FQoL), identify the individual services required and assess families' perceptions of the extent to which their family member with intellectual disability and they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, Needs Assessment, Family Needs
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Mas, Joana M.; Baqués, Natasha; Balcells-Balcells, Anna; Dalmau, Mariona; Giné, Climent; Gràcia, Marta; Vilaseca, Rosa – Journal of Early Intervention, 2016
Early intervention (EI) has been shown to be an essential resource for meeting the needs and priorities of children with intellectual and developmental disability and their families. The objective of this study was to examine (a) the perceived quality of life of families attending EI centers in Spain and (b) its relationship with characteristics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Quality of Life, Intellectual Disability
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Voordouw, Jantine; Antonides, Gerrit; Fox, Margaret; Cerecedo, Inmaculada; Zamora, Javier; de la Hoz Caballer, Belen; Rokicka, Ewa; Cornelisse-Vermaat, Judith; Jewczak, Maciej; Starosta, Pawel; Kowalska, Marek L.; Jedrzejczak-Czechowicz, Monika; Vazquez-Cortes, Sonia; Escudero, Cano; de Blok, Bertine Flokstra; Dubois, Anthony; Mugford, Miranda; Frewer, Lynn J. – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This study estimates the effects of food hypersensitivity on individuals' perceived welfare and well-being compared to non-food hypersensitive individuals. Study respondents were recruited in the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and UK. The difference in welfare between food hypersensitive respondents and those asymptomatic to foods was estimated using…
Descriptors: Spouses, Health, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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