Identity constructions and transition to adulthood for young people with mild intellectual disabilities
| Autor: | Turid Midjo, Karin Ellingsen Aune |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Parents Semi-structured interview 030506 rehabilitation Health Personnel Health Services for Persons with Disabilities Human Development Persons with Mental Disabilities education Self-concept Identity (social science) Mentally Disabled Persons Health Professions (miscellaneous) Developmental psychology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Intellectual Disability Agency (sociology) Intellectual disability medicine Humans Young adult Qualitative Research health care economics and organizations 05 social sciences 050301 education medicine.disease Self Concept Psychiatry and Mental health Female 0305 other medical science Psychology 0503 education Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 22:33-48 |
| ISSN: | 1744-6309 1744-6295 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1744629516674066 |
| Popis: | This article explores the self-constructions of young adults with mild intellectual disabilities in talk about their everyday living and how parents and professionals construct young adults with disabilities in talk about their involvement in transition processes. The analysis is related to an interpretive tradition and conducted based on individual interviews with four young adults with mild intellectual disability, five parents of young adults with mild intellectual disabilities and five professionals in the adult service system. The findings show that the young adults define themselves as actors in their own lives, while the parents recognize young adults with mild intellectual disabilities as both actors with resources and actors in need of assistance. Professionals in the adult service system, however, appear to rely on an identity perspective that might hamper young adults’ agency positioning and opportunities to define themselves and influence their future lives. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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