TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of Life for Transition-Age Youth with Autism or Intellectual Disability
AU - Biggs, Elizabeth E.
AU - Carter, Erik W.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work reported in this article was supported by funding from the Martin McCoy-Jesperson Discovery Grants in Positive Psychology. We appreciate the contributions of Naomi Annandale, Thomas Boehm, Eleanor Liu, and Courtney Taylor to this project.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - We examined the subjective health and well-being of 389 transition-age youth with autism or intellectual disability using the parent proxy version of the KIDSCREEN-27. Parents reported well-being of youth with autism and youth with intellectual disability lower than a normative sample in the domains of Physical Well-being, Psychological Well-being, and Social Support and Peers. For both groups of young people, the lowest ratings were reported in Social Support and Peers. Higher ratings of well-being in one or more domains were predicted by minority status, youth character strengths, involvement in community activities, and religious faith. Challenging behaviors, autism, age, and speech as the primary mode of communication were predictive of lower ratings of well-being. We discuss implications for special educators and service providers and offer directions for future research.
AB - We examined the subjective health and well-being of 389 transition-age youth with autism or intellectual disability using the parent proxy version of the KIDSCREEN-27. Parents reported well-being of youth with autism and youth with intellectual disability lower than a normative sample in the domains of Physical Well-being, Psychological Well-being, and Social Support and Peers. For both groups of young people, the lowest ratings were reported in Social Support and Peers. Higher ratings of well-being in one or more domains were predicted by minority status, youth character strengths, involvement in community activities, and religious faith. Challenging behaviors, autism, age, and speech as the primary mode of communication were predictive of lower ratings of well-being. We discuss implications for special educators and service providers and offer directions for future research.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Autism
KW - Intellectual disability
KW - Quality of life
KW - Transition
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U2 - 10.1007/s10803-015-2563-x
DO - 10.1007/s10803-015-2563-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 26340956
AN - SCOPUS:84953840165
VL - 46
SP - 190
EP - 204
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
SN - 0162-3257
IS - 1
ER -