Professionals, Parents and the General Public: Attitudes Towards the Sexuality of Persons with Intellectual Disability

Prejudices still surround the issue of sexuality of persons with intellectual disability (ID), both in families and in the professional community. To assess attitudes of parents, professionals and the general population towards the sexuality of persons with ID, so that appropriate sexual education c...

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Published inSexuality and disability Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 245 - 258
Main Authors Tamas, Daniela, Brkic Jovanovic, Nina, Rajic, Milana, Bugarski Ignjatovic, Vojislava, Peric Prkosovacki, Bojana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.06.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aging
Attitudes
Behavioral Science and Psychology
College Faculty
Community and Environmental Psychology
Departments
Females
Gender Identity
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Interpersonal Relationship
Intimacy
Males
Original Paper
Parent Attitudes
Parent Role
Parents & parenting
Pregnancy
Privacy
Professional Education
Professional Identity
Professionals
Program Attitudes
Program Implementation
Psychology
Questionnaires
Rehabilitation Medicine
Sex Education
Sexual Behavior
Sexuality
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social Environment
Special Education
Urology
Attitudes
Intellectual disability
Serbia
Education
Sexuality
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ISSN0146-1044
1573-6717
DOI10.1007/s11195-018-09555-2

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Summary:Prejudices still surround the issue of sexuality of persons with intellectual disability (ID), both in families and in the professional community. To assess attitudes of parents, professionals and the general population towards the sexuality of persons with ID, so that appropriate sexual education could be introduced and implemented with persons with ID. We used Attitudes to Sexuality Questionnaire—Individuals with an Intellectual Disability, with a questionnaire on general demographic data. Attitudes of professionals on the sexuality of persons with ID mainly show conservative viewpoints; parents feel unprepared to educate their children on the subject of sexuality. Attitudes on sexuality of persons with ID are important to consider since they can provide valuable clues as to the direction in which educational programs should be moving in order to have an effect on achieving a better quality of life for persons with ID.
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ISSN:0146-1044
1573-6717
DOI:10.1007/s11195-018-09555-2