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Explicit and Implicit Attitudes towards People with Intellectual Disabilities: The Role of Contact and Participant Demographics
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Murch, Aidan J.; Choudhury, Tanveen; Wilson, Michelle; Collerton, Eleanor; Patel, Maya; Scior, Katrina – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: Intellectual disability research has concentrated on self-reported explicit attitudes with little focus on implicit attitudes. Such attitudes are evaluations which occur with or without conscious awareness, respectively. This investigation examined participants' (N = 234) attitudes towards individuals with intellectual disabilities…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Gender Differences, Age Differences
Changes in Cardiovascular Health and Physical Fitness in Ethnic Youth with Intellectual Disabilities Participating in a Park-Based Afterschool Programme for Two Years
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Messiah, Sarah E.; D'Agostino, Emily M.; Patel, Hersila H.; Hansen, Eric; Mathew, Matthew Sunil; Arheart, Kristopher L. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: Youth with intellectual disabilities are more likely to be an unhealthy weight and less physically active than youth without intellectual disability. Objective: The effects of Fit2Play, a park-based afterschool programme on cardiovascular/fitness health outcomes among youth with intellectual disability, were prospectively assessed.…
Descriptors: Human Body, Physical Fitness, Ethnic Groups, Minority Group Students
The Experiences of Mothers of Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities during the First COVID-19 Lockdown Period
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Rogers, Gemma; Perez-Olivas, Gisela; Stenfert Kroese, Biza; Patel, Varsha; Murphy, Glynis; Rose, John; Cooper, Vivien; Langdon, Peter E.; Hiles, Steve; Clifford, Clair; Willner, Paul – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Recent COVID-19 lockdown restrictions resulted in reduced access to educational, professional and social support systems for children with intellectual disabilities and their carers. Aim: The aim of this study was to gain insight into the ways mothers of children with intellectual disabilities coped during the first 2020 lockdown period. Methods:…
Descriptors: Experience, Mothers, Intellectual Disability, COVID-19