Religion and Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: An Exploratory Study of Self-Reported Perspectives

This study examined the religious beliefs and practices of forty-one people with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. The results indicated that the majority of participants attended worship services, prayed, and rated religion as an important part of their lives. Ratings of the importance o...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Shogren, Karrie A. (Συγγραφέας) ; Rye, Mark S. (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Έκδοση: 2005
Στο/Στη: Journal of religion, disability & health
Έτος: 2005, Τόμος: 9, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 29-53
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Religious Coping
B Θρησκεία
B intellectual disabilities
B Intrinsic religiosity
B Self-report
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Σύνοψη:This study examined the religious beliefs and practices of forty-one people with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities. The results indicated that the majority of participants attended worship services, prayed, and rated religion as an important part of their lives. Ratings of the importance of religion were positively correlated with participation in religious activities. Participants tended to score high on measures of intrinsic religiosity, and used positive religious coping strategies more frequently than negative religious coping strategies. Individuals with mild intellectual disabilities identified significantly more abstract representations of religion than individuals with moderate intellectual disabilities. The implications of these findings for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in religious activities are discussed along with future research directions.
ISSN:1522-9122
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, disability & health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1300/J095v09n01_03