Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2012 Jan;117(1):67-79. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-117.1.67.
A significant concern of parents and professionals is that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities will go without regular educational-vocational activities. The authors examined predictors of such inactivity in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as how inactivity related to their sibling's well-being and the sibling relationship. Participants included 796 siblings of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who responded to a web-based survey. Nearly 13% of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities were without daytime activities; these adults had more emotional-behavioral and health problems, were more underserved by the formal service system, and had parents who were less able to provide care. Although siblings of adults without activities reported more depressive symptoms, worse health, and less close sibling relationships, inactivity no longer predicted these problems after controlling for characteristics that predisposed adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to have no activities.
家长和专业人士的一个主要关注点是智力和发育障碍的成年人将没有定期的教育职业活动。作者研究了智力和发育障碍成年人中这种不活跃的预测因素，以及这种不活跃与他们兄弟姐妹的健康和兄弟姐妹关系的关系。参与者包括 796 名智力和发育障碍成年人的兄弟姐妹，他们对一个基于网络的调查做出了回应。近 13%的智力和发育障碍成年人没有日间活动；这些成年人有更多的情绪行为和健康问题，在正规服务系统中得到的服务较少，父母的照顾能力也较差。尽管没有活动的成年人的兄弟姐妹报告了更多的抑郁症状、更差的健康状况和更不亲密的兄弟姐妹关系，但在控制了使智力和发育障碍成年人没有活动的特征后，这种不活跃不再预测这些问题。
