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Qualities in friendship: within an outside perspective: definitions expressed by adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- SIGSTAD Hanne Marie Hoybraten
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 21(1), 2017, pp.20-39.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Background: This study examined how adolescents with mild intellectual disabilities define qualities of friendship and discussed the extent to which these definitions adhere to established definitions of close friendship. Materials and Methods: The study was based on qualitative interviews with 11 adolescents in secondary school. The interviews were supplemented with information from six parents. A thematic structural analysis was used to identify themes. Results: Qualities of friendship were categorised as mutual preference, mutual enjoyment, shared interactions, care, mutual trust and bonding. The criteria for close friendship seem to be fulfilled, albeit to a moderate degree. Closeness and reciprocity appear to be significant in this study, although these features have been considered less relevant within this target group in previous research. Conclusions: Differences in definitions may explain divergent results compared with other studies, and the need to achieve equivalence in friendship may be another. (Edited publisher abstract)
Significance of friendship for quality of life in adolescents with mild intellectual disability: a parental perspective
- Author:
- SIGSTAD Hanne Marie Hoybraten
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 41(4), 2016, pp.289-298.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Background: The present study examined how parents assess the significance of friendship for quality of life in adolescents with mild intellectual disability. Method The study was based on qualitative semistructured interviews with 6 mothers. A thematic structural analysis was used to identify the themes. Results: The mothers compared their children with typically developing peers to examine to what extent their children’s relationships were working optimally. Social support and a better understanding of friendship were found to be essential conditions for establishing friendship. Development of independence and a sense of belonging with others were factors that were reported to be highly important in determining quality of life outcomes for their adolescent children. Conclusions: From a parental view, friendship in adolescents with mild intellectual disability seems to be highly important for their quality of life in the long term. However, well-functioning and lasting friendship for this group of people appears to require substantially more effort for their parents than for typically developing offspring. (Publisher abstract)
Characteristic interviews, different strategies:methodological challenges in qualitative interviewing amomng respondents with mild intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- SIGSTAD Hanne Marie Hoybraten
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 18(2), 2014, pp.188-202.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
Conducting qualitative research interviews among individuals with intellectual disabilities, including cognitive limitations and difficulties in communication, presents particular research challenges. One question is whether the difficulties that informants encounter affect interviews to such an extent that the validity of the results is weakened. This article focuses on voluntary informed consent and the specific challenges with the greatest effects on such interviews. The discussion shows that complementary and meaningful descriptions from informants imply the need to employ alternative strategies and methods that may, in other contexts, challenge the traditional understanding of what is acceptable in research. (Publisher abstract)