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Psychometric Properties of the AIR Self-Determination Scale: The Chinese Version (AIR SDS-C) for Chinese People with Intellectual Disabilities
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Wong, P. K. S.; Wong, D. F. K.; Zhuang, X. Y.; Liu, Y. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2017
Background: The construct of self-determination has received considerable attention in the international field of intellectual disabilities (ID). Recently, there has been a rapid development of this construct in Chinese societies including Hong Kong. However, there is no locally validated instrument to measure self-determination in people with ID.…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Self Determination, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries
Reading Skills in Children with Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability: A Cross-Sectional Study on Second to Eighth Graders
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Di Blasi, F. D.; Buono, S.; Cantagallo, C.; Di Filippo, G.; Zoccolotti, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2019
Background: Students with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have various learning difficulties and are at risk for school failure. Large inter-individual differences are described for reading, but it is unclear how these vary as a function of grade. The aim of this study was to examine various reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension parameters…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Children, Mild Intellectual Disability, Elementary School Students
Inhibition, Shifting and Updating in Relation to Psychometric Intelligence across Ability Groups in the Psychiatric Population
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Biesmans, K. E.; Aken, L.; Frunt, E. M. J.; Wingbermühle, P. A. M.; Egger, J. I. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2019
Background: Assessment of intelligence and executive function (EF) is common in complex neuropsychiatric practice. Although previous studies have shown that EF and intelligence are related, it is unknown whether these constructs relate to one another in a similar manner across different ability groups (mild intellectual disability, borderline…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Executive Function, Psychiatry, Correlation
Leaving School: A Comparison of the Worries Held by Adolescents with and without Intellectual Disabilities
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Young, R.; Dagnan, D.; Jahoda, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2016
Background: Leaving school is an important time for adolescents, with increasing autonomy and developing adult identities. The present study sought to shed light on the content and emotional impact of worries amongst adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities (IDs) at this time of change. Methods: Twenty-five adolescents with mild to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Response, Anxiety, Mild Intellectual Disability
Substance Use Prevention Program for Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities on Special Education Schools: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial
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Kiewik, M.; VanDerNagel, J. E.?L.; Kemna, L. E.?M.; Engels, R. C.?M.?E.; DeJong, C. A.?J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2016
Background: Students without intellectual disability (ID) start experimenting with tobacco and alcohol between 12 and 15?years of age. However, data for 12- to 15-year old students with ID are unavailable. Prevention programs, like "prepared on time" (based on the attitude-social influence-efficacy model), are successful, but their…
Descriptors: Smoking, Drinking, Early Adolescents, Adolescents