Canvassing the Views of People with a Mental Handicap

Lowe, Kathryn; Paiva, Siobhan de

doi:10.1080/03033910.1988.10557718

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“…Open‐ended questions ( Lovett & Harris 1987) sometimes prompted detailed responses and some story telling. When confirmation of individual views was sought, ‘either/or’ questions ( Lowe & Pavia 1988, Shanly & Rose 1993) helped to establish clarity.…”

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confidence: 99%

How we live: participatory research with six people with learning difficulties

Richardson

2000

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Drawing from the Social Model of disability, six people with learning difficulties participated over 18 months in researching their own lived experiences. The method involved weekly group discussions supplemented by participant observation. The study's value stems from in-depth inquiry, which included the participants in the data collection, analysis, dissemination and consequences that they found meaningful. The participants lived in nurse managed community homes. They described how they had faced social and economic exclusion, for example, concerning marriage, child rearing and decently paid employment. With the assistance of nursing staff, the participants had overcome many other social barriers and were enjoying a wide range of activities and choices. Consequently, the participants lived varied lives which they described as interesting and worthwhile. Contemporary models of nursing had successfully directed nursing staff to support 'ordinary living'. However, some disabling assumptions were evident within contemporary nursing. Hence, models of nursing and service delivery were helping both to create lifestyles that the participants valued, whilst simultaneously contributing to their disempowerment.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How we live: participatory research with six people with learning difficulties

Richardson

2000

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Items are scored on a four‐point Likert‐scale, ranging from (1) ‘never’ to (4) ‘always’. Given that negatively worded questions and modifiers have been reported to be difficult for people with intellectual disabilities (Lowe & de Paiva 1988; Wehmeyer 1994), selected items utilized affirmative forms of statement. For the present study the authors selected three items from the subscale Skills Discretion .…”

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Understanding Quality of Working Life of Workers with Intellectual Disabilities

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Río

Orgaz

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Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

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Background This paper examines the perceived quality of working life of workers with intellectual disabilities. Specifically, this paper looks at participants’ perceptions in relation to perceived job demands and resources and their impact on experienced job satisfaction. Methods In this cross‐sectional survey, 507 workers with intellectual disabilities, employed in either sheltered workshops or supported employment, completed questionnaires on the quality of working life through semi‐structured interviews. Results Regression analyses showed that perceived low job demands and elevated social support from coworkers and supervisors predicted higher quality of working life. Conclusions Common organizational psychology measures can be successfully used with this population to assess quality of working life. This study confirms the multidimensional nature of quality of working life, and the impact of job demands and available resources on perceived satisfaction with job for workers with intellectual disabilities.

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“…Researchers in many studies gave detailed descriptions of how they had ensured that participants knew what was the purpose of the interviews, how confidentiality would be handled, and that participants' responses would have no adverse effect on their services. Lowe & de Paiva (1988), for example, asked staff members who knew the potential participants well to first explain the study and then ask individuals if they were interested in participating. If they were interested, researchers then arranged a meeting with the individual at a time and place convenient to him or her and again explained the study's purpose, activities and how confidentiality would be addressed.…”

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confidence: 99%