Fostering Emotion Expression and Affective Involvement with Communication Partners in People with Congenital Deafblindness and Intellectual Disabilities

Background Recent studies have shown that it is possible to foster affective involvement between people with congenital deafblindness and their communication partners. Affective involvement is crucial for well‐being, and it is important to know whether it can also be fostered with people who have co...

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Published in:Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities 2017-09, Vol.30 (5), p.872-884
Main Authors: Martens, Marga A. W., Janssen, Marleen J., Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M., Huisman, Mark, Riksen‐Walraven, J. Marianne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affect
Affective Behavior
affective involvement
Communication
Deaf Blind
Deaf-Blind Disorders - rehabilitation
deafblind
Disabilities
Emotional Response
Emotions
Female
Genetic Disorders
Humans
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation
interaction
Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Relations
Interpersonal Relationship
Intervention
Male
Middle Aged
Participation
Program Effectiveness
Psychotherapy - methods
Well being
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Summary:Background Recent studies have shown that it is possible to foster affective involvement between people with congenital deafblindness and their communication partners. Affective involvement is crucial for well‐being, and it is important to know whether it can also be fostered with people who have congenital deafblindness and intellectual disabilities. Methods This study used a multiple‐baseline design to examine whether an intervention based on the Intervention Model for Affective Involvement would (i) increase affective involvement between four participants with congenital deafblindness and intellectual disabilities and their 13 communication partners and (ii) increase the participants' positive emotions and decrease their negative emotions. Results In all cases, dyadic affective involvement increased, the participants' very positive emotions also increased and the participants' negative emotions decreased. Conclusion The results indicate that communication partners of persons with congenital deafblindness and intellectual disabilities can be successfully trained to foster affective involvement.
ISSN:1360-2322
1468-3148
DOI:10.1111/jar.12279