Addressing Issues of Sexuality with Adolescents with Disabilities

Gordon, Phyllis A.; Tschopp, Molly K.; Feldman, David B.

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“…The perception of love and couple relations in the participants was extremely positive, in fact, idealized, both in the Specific Scale to Assess Love in People with ID and in the related aspects (specifically, global appraisal and satisfaction). This idealization corroborates the findings of other studies Knox & Hickson, 2001), and may be explained, at least partially, by the lack of positive models and the lack of access to realistic information (Gordon et al, 2004;Howland & Rintala, 2001;Lesseliers & Van Hove, 2002;López, 2002). 2.…”

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Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

2009

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Love has been a recurrent topic throughout history, and especially, literature. Moreover, there is generalized agreement about its relevance for health emotional well-being, and quality of life. This study was carried out with a sample of 376 persons with ID. The goals of the work were to analyze a theoretical model of love in people with intellectual disabilities by means of the methodology of structural equations, and to analyze their perception of love and of amorous relations with regard to other aspects such as amorous satisfaction, perceived satisfaction, absence of family interference, self-determination, and emotional well-being. The results revealed that (a) the construct under study has three factors: Commitment, stability, and idealization, Passion and physiological excitement, and Intimacy and romanticism; (b) the perception of love in this collective is, in general, idealized and affected by the context; and (c) self-determination and the lack of family interference are relevant variables to explain both love and emotional well-being.El amor ha sido un tema de estudio recurrente a través de la historia y, especialmente, en la literatura. Además, existe un acuerdo generalizado sobre su relevancia para la salud, el bienestar emocional y la calidad de vida. Este estudio se llevó a cabo con una muestra de 376 personas con discapacidad intelectual. Los objetivos del trabajo fueron analizar un modelo teórico del amor en personas con discapacidad intelectual por medio de la metodología de ecuaciones estructurales, y analizar su percepción del amor y de las relaciones amorosas en relación con otros aspectos tales como la satisfacción amorosa, la satisfacción percibida, la ausencia de intromisión familiar, la autodeterminación y el bienestar emocional. Los resultados pusieron de manifiesto que (a) el constructo estudiado comprende tres factores: Compromiso, estabilidad e idealización, Pasión y excitación fisiológica e Intimidad y romanticismo; (b) la percepción del amor en este colectivo está, en general, idealizado e influenciado por el contexto, y (c) la autodeterminación y la falta de intromisión familiar son variables relevantes para explicar tanto el amor como el bienestar emocional. Palabras clave: amor, personas con discapacidad intelectual, bienestar emocional, modelos de ecuaciones estructurales

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Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

2009

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“…Factors that influence the chances for relationships [9]; proximity, reciprocal liking, similarity, competence in partners, and physical attractiveness, are all effected by having a disability. Due to sociological issues related to disability, adolescents may encounter negative reactions by peers in regard to physical attractiveness, personal characteristics, and their suitability as a friend or mate [10].…”

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“…Parents on the other hand may have little knowledge about disability and sexuality issues. They could be mainly focussed on issues related to the care of their child and less on emerging sexual development and independence [10]. Although research has shown the importance of sex education for adolescents [16], there is much too little attention for sex education for adolescents with disabilities.…”

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“…Impairment characteristics like the age of onset, the severity and the kind of impairment (stable or progressive) all could influence these effects. Social and sexual functioning may indirect be limited due to negative societal attitudes, general feelings of insecurity because of being different, feelings of dependence and physical and environmental barriers [5,10,22,23].…”

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Is Love Blind? Sexual Behavior and Psychological Adjustment of Adolescents with Blindness

Kef

Bos

2006

Sex Disabil

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In the present study, we examined sexual knowledge, sexual behavior, and psychological adjustment of adolescents with blindness. The sample included 36 Dutch adolescents who are blind, 16 males and 20 females. Results of the interviews revealed no problems regarding sexual knowledge or psychological adjustment. Sexual behavior however, was more at risk. Adolescents with blindness had less sexual experiences and were older in having sexual experiences compared with youth without disabilities in the Netherlands. Subgroup analysis showed that boys with blindness scored higher on selfesteem if they had sexual intercourse. If boys perceived their family as overprotective they less often experienced sexual intercourse. Furthermore, if boys reported more family opposition, they more often had experienced sexual intercourse. These results were not found for girls in this sample. We would like to recommend to youth with visual impairments to be active in leisure activities, outside their homes, in the presence of peers.

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“…At the same time, data indicate the existence of a wide range of problems with experiencing and fruition of one's sexuality for the disabled. The lack of full participation in social life delays the process of mentalisation and materialisation of sexual needs, at the same time significantly limiting the opportunities to gather knowledge about sexuality, making it more difficult to find a partner and to attain sexual activity (Rintala, Howland, & Nosek, 1997;Gordon, Tschopp, & Feldman, 2004;Radomski, 2005).…”

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Sexual self-esteem and sexual needs of young adults with cerebral palsy

Czapla¹,

Otrębski²

2014

Health Psychology Report

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Sexuality is an important part of human existence, irrespective of race, religion or level of physical fitness. It can, however, be treated and exhibited by individuals in very different ways. The place of sexuality in a person's life, and in the way it is materialised, is determined by a number of biopsychosocial factors. For some, the presence of these factors and their influence is not a matter of choice. They may arise as a consequence of the psychophysical condition of their organism. People with motor disabilities undoubtedly belong to this group. participants and procedureThe study was carried out in Poland on a group of 61 people with roughly equal proportions of men and women. Subject selection was non-random; every subject was diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) and was aged between 15 and 25. All of the subjects had normal levels of intelligence. Two methods were used in the study: Sexual Self-esteem Scale and Sexual Needs Scale. resultsThe results in terms of sexual self-esteem and sexual needs allowed two different subgroups of subjects to be distinguished (H -with high scores; L -with low scores). The analysis of significance levels of the differences in terms of sexual self-esteem and sexual needs between subgroups H and L confirmed the clear distinction between each of the subgroups' clinical pictures (p < .001) in 20 out of 21 of the analysed aspects. Falling in love was the only matter that did not differentiate the subgroups. conclusionsThere is a clear polarization of the results. Only 1/3 of the respondents had high sexual self-esteem and sexual needs. The remaining 2/3 reported having a rather low sexual self-esteem and low levels of needs with regards to their own sexuality. It needs to be stressed that CP-affected youth, similarly to their peers, may need support in discovering their sexuality and satisfying their sexual needs (2/3 of the respondents). The specifics of the range of support should take into account the aspects highlighted by the literature as associated with the causes of disability and contexts of psychosocial functioning of individuals with CP. key words cerebral palsy; disability; sexual behavior

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Addressing Issues of Sexuality with Adolescents with Disabilities

Cited by 23 publications

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Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

Love and Emotional Well-being in People with Intellectual Disabilities

Is Love Blind? Sexual Behavior and Psychological Adjustment of Adolescents with Blindness

Sexual self-esteem and sexual needs of young adults with cerebral palsy

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