A psychoeducational program was developed in response to the needs expressed most frequently in a province-wide survey conducted in Quebec, Canada, of more than 560 parents of people with intellectual disabilities. Parents of adolescents expressed the greatest needs for support. A program was therefore created specifically for this group and tested with 25 parents of adolescents. This program was then compared with another type of intervention often used with parents: a self-help support group. The results indicated overall satisfaction with both types of interventions, such that offering both options to parents is justified. In addition, it would be desirable to offer such programs earlier in the lives of the parents as many expressed frustration at learning only in their child's adolescence about resources that could have been useful for them earlier.
Nombre d'étudiants de niveau postsecondaire éprouvent des problèmes de santé psychologique qui nuisent a `leur cheminement scolaire. Dans cette étude quasi-expérimentale, 90 (N ϭ 90) étudiants issus de trois universités québécoises ont participé a `une intervention basée sur l'approche d'acceptation et d'engagement offerte sous forme d'ateliers de groupe. Un devis prétest-postest répliqué inversé, incluant trois temps de mesure, a été utilisé pour évaluer les effets de l'intervention sur 1) la souplesse psychologique, 2) la santé psychologique (stress, bien-être psychologique, anxiété, dépression), et 3) l'engagement scolaire. Les analyses de covariance a `mesures répétées montrent un effet positif de l'intervention sur la souplesse psychologique des étudiants, leur santé psychologique et leur engagement scolaire. Les analyses de scores de différence indiquent que les gains réalisés en regard de la santé psychologique et de l'engagement scolaire sont corrélés a `ceux liés a `la souplesse psychologique.
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