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Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: This study examined how adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities define qualities of friendship and discussed the extent to which these definitions adhere to established definitions of close friendship. Materials and Methods: The study was based on qualitative interviews with 11 adolescents in secondary school. The interviews…
Descriptors: Friendship, Mild Intellectual Disability, Adolescents, Qualitative Research
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Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Conducting qualitative research interviews among individuals with intellectual disabilities, including cognitive limitations and difficulties in communication, presents particular research challenges. One question is whether the difficulties that informants encounter affect interviews to such an extent that the validity of the results is weakened.…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Interviews, Qualitative Research, Informed Consent
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Lindblad, Ida; Billstedt, Eva; Gillberg, Christopher; Fernell, Elisabeth – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Background: Young adults, born to population-representative mothers with intellectual disability (ID), were targeted for psychosocial/life event follow-up. Methods: The whole group originally comprised 42 individuals but 3 had died and 1 had moved abroad. The remaining 38 were approached and 10 consented to participate in an interview study.…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Parents with Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disability, Experience