The concept of death among people with mental handicap

Myreddi, Vijayalakshmi; Narayan, Jayanthi

doi:10.1097/00004356-199312000-00012

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“…Global cognitive level and communication skills were more related to the understanding of death. Myreddi and Narayan (1993) found similar results in a study in which the concept of biological death was assessed in people aged 16 to 20 years-old with mild to moderate intellectual disability. The acquisition of the concept was correlative to the degree of intellectual disability of the participants.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…46 (1), n.º 253, 2015, enero-marzo, pp. 67-80 -77 -of biological death, as found in other studies (McEvoy, 1989;Myreddi & Narayan, 1993;Dodd et al, 2005). The fact that all the components that define biological death are not completely understood does not mean that those who experience the loss of a significant person in their lives, does not suffer or feel the natural pain that may come with the death of a loved one.…”

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confidence: 91%

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El concepto de muerte en jóvenes con discapacidad intelectual: una contribución a la pedagogía de la muerte

Herrero¹,

Gasset

Gascón

2015

Siglo Cero. Revista Española Sobre Discapacidad Intelectual

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Despite being an essential human condition, death is an under-researched area in the effort to improve people with intellectual disabilities' life quality. In this article we describe the concept of death among young people with intellectual disabilities. A mixed research methodology that includes quantitative and qualitative approaches was employed, including both a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. Results indicate that participants have difficulty understanding of biological dimensions of death. Moreover, it has been found that participants present a wide range of opinions, attitudes and beliefs about death. Conclusions reflect on implications of these results

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confidence: 91%

El concepto de muerte en jóvenes con discapacidad intelectual: una contribución a la pedagogía de la muerte

Herrero¹,

Gasset

Gascón

2015

Siglo Cero. Revista Española Sobre Discapacidad Intelectual

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“…A search in ERIC and PsycLit, covering 1988 to the present, indicated few studies which focused on the concept of death among people with intellectual disability (McEvoy, 1989;Myreddi & Narayan, 1993). Only one study focused on the perception of aging in this population.…”

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Attitudes Toward Aging in Adult and Elderly People With Intellectual Disability

Lifshitz¹

2002

Educational Gerontology

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“…Clegg & Lansdall-Welfare, 1995) and that while some aspects of grief, such as finality and non-functionality (McEvoy, 1989) and more abstract causes of death (Mayreddi & Narayan, 1993) are better understood by those with greater cognitive abilities, factors other than level of cognitive functioning have been found to influence level of understanding of death. This includes chronological age (Seltzer, 1989) and environmental factors (Kastenbaum & Costa, 1977), such as exposure to death.…”

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confidence: 99%