McConkey Roy, Keogh Fiona, Bunting Brendan, Iriarte Edurne Garcia
Ulster University, UK.
Genio Ltd, Ireland.
J Intellect Disabil. 2018 Mar;22(1):49-60. doi: 10.1177/1744629516674086. Epub 2017 Feb 7.
A natural experiment contrasted the self-rated well-being of people with intellectual disabilities ( n = 75) and those with enduring mental health problems ( n = 44) after they moved to new accommodation and support options, while others remained in congregated settings or living in the family home. Most support staff also provided well-being ratings. In personalized arrangements, personal well-being was significantly higher than in congregated settings; particularly for people with intellectual disability who had higher support needs compared to people with mental health problems. Moving to a group home also brought some improvement in the well-being ratings of people with intellectual disability but only for those with higher support needs. Such moves seemed to lead to a decline in well-being for those with mental health problems. There were marked discrepancies between ratings given by the person with those of staff. The well-being measure shows promise for use in further comparative and longitudinal studies.
一项自然实验对比了智障人士（n = 75）和患有持续性心理健康问题的人（n = 44）在搬到新住处并获得新的支持选项后的自评幸福感，而其他人仍留在集体环境中或住在家里。大多数支持人员也给出了幸福感评分。在个性化安排中，个人幸福感显著高于集体环境；特别是与有心理健康问题的人相比，支持需求较高的智障人士。搬到集体之家也使智障人士的幸福感评分有所提高，但仅限于那些支持需求较高的人。这种搬家似乎导致了有心理健康问题的人的幸福感下降。个人给出的评分与工作人员给出的评分之间存在明显差异。幸福感测量方法有望用于进一步的比较研究和纵向研究。
