Hemm Cahley, Dagnan Dave, Meyer Thomas D
Sunderland Community Treatment Team Learning Disabilities, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Clinical Psychology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2018 May;31(3):360-368. doi: 10.1111/jar.12413. Epub 2017 Oct 4.
Developmental literature highlights peer relationships and parental overprotection as factors implicated in the development of social anxiety. These factors are highly prevalent in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities; however research has not examined whether these factors are associated with social anxiety for this population.
Twenty-one individuals without intellectual disabilities and 21 individuals with intellectual disabilities (aged 16-24 years) completed the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents with follow-up questions, the Glasgow Anxiety Scale-Intellectual disabilities and the parental overprotection subscale of the Parental Bonding Instrument with follow-up questions.
Aspects of general and social anxiety were significantly greater in the intellectual disabilities group. There were no significant differences in parental overprotection between groups, however, qualitative analyses revealed differences in experiences of social anxiety and parental overprotection.
Further research into factors associated with social anxiety in people with intellectual disabilities may inform adaptations to therapies and early intervention.
发展心理学文献强调同伴关系和父母过度保护是与社交焦虑发展相关的因素。这些因素在智障人士的生活中非常普遍；然而，研究尚未考察这些因素是否与该人群的社交焦虑有关。
21名非智障个体和21名智障个体（年龄在16 - 24岁之间）完成了青少年社交焦虑量表及后续问题、格拉斯哥焦虑量表 - 智障版以及父母教养方式问卷中父母过度保护分量表及后续问题。
智障组的一般焦虑和社交焦虑方面显著更高。两组之间在父母过度保护方面没有显著差异，然而，定性分析揭示了社交焦虑经历和父母过度保护方面的差异。
对智障人士社交焦虑相关因素的进一步研究可能为治疗调整和早期干预提供依据。
