Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
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| Title: | Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mueller, Christian E., Prout, H. Thompson |
| Source: | Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 2009 2(4):294-311. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Mental Retardation, Young Adults, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Adjustment (to Environment), Social Development, Comparative Analysis, Psychological Patterns, Family Relationship, Self Concept, Age Differences, Mothers, Fathers, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Life Satisfaction, Parent Child Relationship |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19315860903308572 |
| ISSN: | 1931-5864 |
| Abstract: | Issues with adolescents with intellectual disabilities have received little attention in the research literature. This study compared adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities on several indices of psychosocial adjustment. The participants were selected from a large longitudinal database and comparisons were made at three points in time. Analyses indicated that adolescents with intellectual disabilities report mild to moderate depression over time when compared with their typically developing peers, they express more family connectedness, but differ little on measures of self-concept. In later adolescence, typically developing adolescents appear to have a significant increase in optimism that is not experienced by the adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Implications of the findings are discussed as well directions for further investigation. (Contains 8 tables and 3 footnotes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 27 |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ866823 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Issues with adolescents with intellectual disabilities have received little attention in the research literature. This study compared adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities on several indices of psychosocial adjustment. The participants were selected from a large longitudinal database and comparisons were made at three points in time. Analyses indicated that adolescents with intellectual disabilities report mild to moderate depression over time when compared with their typically developing peers, they express more family connectedness, but differ little on measures of self-concept. In later adolescence, typically developing adolescents appear to have a significant increase in optimism that is not experienced by the adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Implications of the findings are discussed as well directions for further investigation. (Contains 8 tables and 3 footnotes.) |
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| ISSN: | 1931-5864 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19315860903308572 |
