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Personal Growth among Parents of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Psychopathology: The Role of Social Support and Attitudes toward Service Use
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Ira Stern; Ariel Tenenbaum; Shirli Werner – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Introduction: Greater psychopathology among individuals with intellectual disabilities, as well as distress among their parents, are negatively associated with personal growth among the latter. This study examines the role of parents' social support and their attitudes toward service use as mediators of the relationship between psychopathology…
Descriptors: Parents, Intellectual Disability, Psychopathology, Adolescents
Mental Illness, Behavior Problems, and Social Behavior in Adults with Down Syndrome
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Straccia, Claudio; Baggio, Stéphanie; Barisnikov, Koviljka – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Little is known about the behavioral characteristics of adults with Down syndrome (DS) without dementia. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the psychopathology and social behavior among adults with DS compared to adults with nonspecific intellectual disability (NSID). Thirty-four adults with DS were individually matched with 34…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence, Social Behavior
Intellectual Disability and Mental Ill Health: A View of Australian Research
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Torr, Jennifer – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
This general review situates Australian research within a framework that quantifies and describes mental health needs of the population with intellectual disabilities across the life span, surveys service provision, and develops the evidence base to inform clinicians regarding assessment and management of psychopathology and psychiatric disorder…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Health Needs, Mental Health, Professional Education
Correlated and Coupled Within-Person Change in Emotional and Behavioral Disturbance in Individuals with Intellectual Disability
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Hofer, Scott M.; Gray, Kylie M.; Piccinin, Andrea M.; Mackinnon, Andrew; Bontempo, Daniel E.; Einfeld, Stewart L.; Hoffman, Lesa; Parmenter, Trevor; Tonge, Bruce J. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Individual change and variation in emotional/behavioral disturbance in children and adolescents with intellectual disability has received little empirical investigation. Based on 11 years of longitudinal data from the Australian Child to Adult Development Study, we report associations among individual differences in level, rate of change, and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Check Lists, Mental Retardation, Psychopathology
Development of Parent- and Teacher-Reported Emotional and Behavioural Problems in Young People with Intellectual Disabilities: Does Level of Intellectual Disability Matter?
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de Ruiter, Karen P.; Dekker, Marielle C.; Douma, Jolanda C. H.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Koot, Hans M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: This study described similarities and differences in the 5-year stability and change of problem behaviour between youths attending schools for children with mild to borderline (MiID) versus moderate intellectual disabilities (MoID). Methods: A two-wave multiple-birth-cohort sample of 6 to 18-year-old was assessed twice across a 5-year…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Persistence, Psychopathology, Behavior Problems
Exploration of Psychometric Properties of the Developmental Behavior Checklist.
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Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony; Mount, Rebecca H.; Cormack, K. F. Magnus – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2001
This study performed a factor analysis of the Developmental Behavior Checklist (DBC) with 531 children and adolescents with mental retardation. The DBC is intended to assess psychopathology in youth with mental retardation. Findings indicated substantial overlap with the factor analyses of the scale's developers and high levels of internal…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Check Lists, Emotional Disturbances, Factor Analysis