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Personal Factors and Perceived Barriers to Participation in Leisure Activities for Young and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
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Badia, Marta; Orgaz, Begona M.; Verdugo, Miguel A.; Ullan, Ana M.; Martinez, Magdalena M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Participation in leisure activities has been identified as a factor that favors inclusion in the community and it also contributes to a better quality of life. This study analyzed the influence of certain personal characteristics and environmental factors in the participation in leisure activities of youngsters and adults with developmental…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Quality of Life, Developmental Disabilities, Young Adults
Motor Ability and Weight Status Are Determinants of Out-of-School Activity Participation for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
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Fong, Shirley S. M.; Lee, Velma Y. L.; Chan, Nerita N. C.; Chan, Rachel S. H.; Chak, Wai-Kwong; Pang, Marco Y. C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
According to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health model endorsed by the World Health Organization, participation in everyday activities is integral to normal child development. However, little is known about the influence of motor ability and weight status on physical activity participation in children with…
Descriptors: Body Weight, Physical Activities, Females, Multiple Regression Analysis
Wellbeing Perception of Institutional Caregivers Working for People with Disabilities: Use of Subjective Happiness Scale and Satisfaction with Life Scale Analyses
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Lin, Pei-Ying; Wu, Chia-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Little scientific research has focused on the measure of how positive wellbeing of people caring for people with disabilities. The purposes of the present study are to explore the wellbeing perception and its determinants of caregivers who caring for people with disability. We employed a cross-sectional, self-administrative structured…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Life Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Caregivers
Convergent Validity of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and Behavior Problems Inventory with People with Complex Needs
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Hill, Jennie; Powlitch, Stephanie; Furniss, Frederick – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
The current study aimed to replicate and extend Rojahn et al. [Rojahn, J., Aman, M. G., Matson, J. L., & Mayville, E. (2003). "The aberrant behavior checklist and the behavior problems inventory: Convergent and divergent validity." "Research in Developmental Disabilities", 24, 391-404] by examining the convergent validity of the behavior problems…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Behavior Problems, Hyperactivity, Developmental Disabilities