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Toward a Comprehensive Assessment of Relationships with Teachers and Parents for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities

Authors: Dubé COlivier EMorin AJSTracey DCraven RGMaïano C


Affiliations

1 Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke W, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada.
2 Département de psychopédagogie et d'andragogie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
3 Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke W, Montreal, QC, H4B 1R6, Canada. alexandre.morin@concordia.ca.
4 School of Education, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.
5 Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.
6 Cyberpsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO|Campus de Saint-Jérôme), Saint-Jérôme, Canada.

Description

This study proposes a multi-informant (youth, teachers, and parents) measure of relationship quality with adults for youth with intellectual disabilities (ID). A sample of 395 youth with mild (49.15%) and moderate (50.85%) ID, aged 11-22 (M = 15.82) was recruited in Canada (French-speaking, N = 142), and Australia (English-speaking, N = 253). Results support the reliability, factor validity, discriminant validity (in relation to sex, ID level, country, and comorbidity), convergent validity (depression, anxiety, aggressiveness, and prosocial behaviors), and one-year longitudinal stability of the measure. Youth self-reports provide a complementary perspective on relationship quality with adults relative to teachers' or parents' reports, whereas teachers and parents seem unable to differentiate their own perspective from that of the target youth.


Keywords: Confirmatory factor analysisIntellectual disabilityMeasurementParent-child relationshipsScale validationSpecial education needsStudent-teacher relationships


Links

PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34185237/

DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-05117-2