The Sexual Adolescent who is Mentally Retarded

Kempton, Winifred

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/2.3.104

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“…The overrepresentation of adolescent males in the case studies of problematic autoerotic behaviors appears already in early findings [48,57]. Puberty, sexual maturation, creates a stressful situation when caretakers confront issues dealing with sexual urges and desires of adolescents with cognitive disabilities.…”

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“…Parents often handle their children as perpetual minors even after they reach puberty. The sexuality of persons with cognitive disabilities is frequently either ignored or perceived as a problem, which prevents them from developing into sexually mature adults [45,47,57]. This, exactly, is the case in the study of Lutzer [29] where a young man in his twenties with mild mental retardation is denied opportunities to express his masculinity in his home settings, so he is sexually acting out in his day activity workshop.…”

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Review of Effective Interventions for Socially Inappropriate Masturbation in Persons with Cognitive Disabilities

Tarnai

2006

Sex Disabil

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Surveys of the sexual behaviors of persons with cognitive disabilities report as a main problem unacceptably displayed autoerotic behaviors that are appropriate in private, but inappropriate or illegal in public situations. Public or distractingly excessive masturbation is socially unacceptable and has been addressed with several successful interventions different in nature. This review of the literature investigates factors that lead to necessary intervention, identifies associations of different effective treatment approaches with types of cognitive disabilities, and examines the evolution of documented interventions from the late 1960s to the early 2000s. Data suggest that theoretical advances toward more humane, supportive and self-regulative interventions are more likely to help persons with milder cognitive disabilities. Self-regulation, or differentiated control over the public aspect of masturbatory behaviors is less likely to be accomplished in cases with more severe cognitive and social skill deficits. Ethical and legal questions of different treatment approaches are discussed.

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Review of Effective Interventions for Socially Inappropriate Masturbation in Persons with Cognitive Disabilities

Tarnai

2006

Sex Disabil

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“…Various books dealing with the attitudes of parents and professionals, emphasize the important roles played by parents and teachers in health and sex education (e.g. Kempton 1972Kempton , 1977Craft 1983;Brantlinger 1987;Brown 1987;Ohi era/. 1988).…”

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Parents' and teachers' praxes of and attitudes to the health and sex education of young people with mental handicaps: a study in Stockholm and Tokyo

Katoda

1993

J intellect Disabil Res

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In 1989, parents and teachers of young people with mental handicaps in Stockholm (41 parents and 20 teachers) and Tokyo (106 parents and 111 teachers) were given a questionnaire about their praxes of and attitudes towards health and sex education. Results from the study indicated that, compared to parents and teachers in Tokyo, parents and teachers in Stockholm gave more information about health and sex to their 15-16-year-old young people with mental handicaps. This was especially so regarding information about HIV/AIDS. More parents and teachers in Stockholm also had positive attitudes towards sex and interpersonal relationships -not only for young people in general but also for young people with mental handicaps -compared to parents and teachers in Tokyo. Some questions of an ethical nature were found difficult to answer in both Stockholm and Tokyo.

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Sexual Behavior

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Hensarling²

1990

Handbook of Behavior Modification With the Mentally Retarded

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The Sexual Adolescent who is Mentally Retarded

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Review of Effective Interventions for Socially Inappropriate Masturbation in Persons with Cognitive Disabilities

Review of Effective Interventions for Socially Inappropriate Masturbation in Persons with Cognitive Disabilities

Parents' and teachers' praxes of and attitudes to the health and sex education of young people with mental handicaps: a study in Stockholm and Tokyo

Sexual Behavior

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