Evaluation of a Decision-Making Curriculum Designed to Empower Women with Mental Retardation to Resist Abuse

Autor/inn/en	Khemka, Ishita; Hickson, Linda; Reynolds, Gillian
Titel	Evaluation of a Decision-Making Curriculum Designed to Empower Women with Mental Retardation to Resist Abuse
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 110 (2005) 3, S.193-204 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Females; Stress Management; Mental Retardation; Program Effectiveness; Empowerment; Decision Making; Violence; Sexual Abuse; Knowledge Level + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Geistige Behinderung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Gewalt; Sexueller Missbrauch; Wissensbasis
Abstract	The effectiveness of an abuse-prevention curriculum, designed to empower women with mental retardation to become effective decision-makers able to protect themselves against abuse was examined. Thirty-six women with mental retardation were randomly assigned to either an intervention or a control group. Results indicate that the performance of the women in the intervention group was superior to that of the women in the control group on measures of knowledge, decision-making, and empowerment but not on a measure of stress management. The findings suggest that women with mental retardation can acquire effective decision-making strategies and apply them to situations of abuse in their lives. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10