Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescents and Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities

Issues with adolescents with intellectual disabilities have received little attention in the research literature. This study compared adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities on several indices of psychosocial adjustment. The participants were selected from a large longitudinal databas...

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Published in:Journal of mental health research in intellectual disabilities 2009-10, Vol.2 (4), p.294-311
Main Authors: Mueller, Christian E., Prout, H. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment (to Environment)
Adolescents
adolescents and young adults
Age Differences
Comparative Analysis
Depression (Psychology)
Family Relationship
Fathers
intellectual disability
Life Satisfaction
Mental Retardation
Mothers
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Parent Child Relationship
Psychological Patterns
psychosocial adjustment
Self Concept
Social Development
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Young Adults
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Summary:Issues with adolescents with intellectual disabilities have received little attention in the research literature. This study compared adolescents with and without intellectual disabilities on several indices of psychosocial adjustment. The participants were selected from a large longitudinal database and comparisons were made at three points in time. Analyses indicated that adolescents with intellectual disabilities report mild to moderate depression over time when compared with their typically developing peers, they express more family connectedness, but differ little on measures of self-concept. In later adolescence, typically developing adolescents appear to have a significant increase in optimism that is not experienced by the adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Implications of the findings are discussed as well directions for further investigation.
ISSN:1931-5864
1931-5872
DOI:10.1080/19315860903308572