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Understanding Parental Physical Activity Behaviours in Parents of Children with Disabilities: An Expanded Theory of Planned Behaviour Approach
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Ku, Byungmo; Haegele, Justin A. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: The purpose of the current study was to examine association between physical activity (PA) of parents of children with developmental disabilities and theory of planned behaviour-related variables. Methods: A total of 95 participants completed questionnaires that measured the following variables: PA behaviours, action planning,…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Parent Influence, Developmental Disabilities, Children
Childhood Experience, Family Support and Parenting by People with Intellectual Disability
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McConnell, David; More, Rahel; Pacheco, Laura; Aunos, Marjorie; Hahn, Lyndsey; Feldman, Maurice – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2022
Background: Parents with intellectual disability, like all other parents, are embedded in networks of capability-enhancing and/or capability-inhibiting relationships. This study investigated links between how parents with intellectual disability experienced their upbringing, continuity and discontinuity in familial relationships, and their…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Parents, Child Abuse, Child Rearing
Alertness, Movement, and Affective Behaviour of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD) on Introduction of a Playful Interactive Product: Can We Get Your Attention?
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van Delden, R. W.; Wintels, S. C.; van Oorsouw, W. M. W. J.; Evers, V.; Embregts, P. J. C. M.; Heylen, D. K. J.; Reidsma, D. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: New technology may stimulate active leisure activities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). We conducted a study of an interactive ball that responded to gross body movement, focus of attention, and vocalisations of users with PIMD. The aim was to increase alertness and body movement and elicit more…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Recreational Activities, Physical Activities
A Preliminary Firesetting Offence Chain for Adults with Intellectual and Other Developmental Disabilities
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Collins, J.; Barnoux, M.; Langdon, P. E. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: The theoretical understanding of firesetting behaviour has predominantly been developed with men in prisons or psychiatric hospitals without neurodevelopmental disabilities. Consequently, there is a lack of evidence regarding the validity of current theory when applied to adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism. Method:…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Comparing a Playful Interactive Product to Watching Television: An Exploratory Study for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M.; van Oorsouw, Wietske M. W. J.; Wintels, Sophie C.; van Delden, Robby W.; Evers, Vanessa; Reidsma, Dennis – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: New technologies could broaden activities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). This study compared watching television with a newly-developed interactive ball. Method: The ball responded with sounds, lights, and wiggling to the player's voice and movements. Five control sessions (watching television)…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Manipulative Materials, Interaction, Television Viewing
Evaluating a Staff Training Program on the Interaction between Staff and People with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviour: An Observational Study
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M.; Zijlmans, Linda J. M.; Gerits, Linda; Bosman, Anna M. T. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a training program focusing on improvement of emotional intelligence (EI) and support staffs' awareness of their behaviour towards people with an intellectual disability based on interactional patterns. The support provided regarding the needs for autonomy, relatedness, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Intellectual Disability
Self-Reported Sense of Presence and Responses to Social Stimuli by Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Collaborative Virtual Reality Environment
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Wallace, Simon; Parsons, Sarah; Bailey, Anthony – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2017
Background: Collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) have the potential to support sociocommunicative interactions for people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but little is known about the sense of presence participants feel in CVEs or how CVEs can be used to assess skills. Method: Ten children with ASD and 10 typically developing (TD)…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Relationship, Adolescents
Intelligence Involves Risk-Awareness and Intellectual Disability Involves Risk-Unawareness: Implications of a Theory of Common Sense
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Greenspan, Stephen; Switzky, Harvey N.; Woods, George W. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2011
Survival in the everyday world (in both social and practical functioning) depends on one's ability to recognise and avoid going down the worst possible path, especially when doing so places one at risk of death, injury, or social disaster. Most people possess "common sense" (the ability to recognise obvious risk) but some people lack that ability…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Crime, Correctional Rehabilitation
Down or up? Explaining Positive and Negative Emotions in Parents of Children with Down's Syndrome: Goals, Cognitive Coping, and Resources
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Van Der Veek, Shelley M. C.; Kraaij, Vivian; Garnefski, Nadia – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2009
Background: Some studies find that parents of children with Down's syndrome may experience symptoms of depression, while other studies find that parents adapt well. This study aimed to clarify this variability in adaptive strength by investigating a stress-coping model to explain depressive symptoms and positive affect. Method: Questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Coping, Parents, Depression (Psychology)