Do You Know What I Feel? A First Step towards a Physiological Measure of the Subjective Well-Being of Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Vos, Pieter; De Cock, Paul; Petry, Katja; Van Den Noortgate, Wim; Maes, Bea
Titel	Do You Know What I Feel? A First Step towards a Physiological Measure of the Subjective Well-Being of Persons with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 23 (2010) 4, S.366-378 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00553.x
Schlagwörter	Metabolism; Stimuli; Multiple Disabilities; Emotional Response; Physiology; Measurement Techniques; Measures (Individuals); Well Being; Severe Mental Retardation; Physical Health; Mental Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stoffwechsel; Anreizsystem; Multiple disability; Mehrfachbehinderung; Emotionales Verhalten; Physiologie; Messtechnik; Messdaten; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Gesundheitszustand; Psychohygiene
Abstract	Background: Because of limited communicative skills, it is not self-evident to measure subjective well-being in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. As a first step towards a non-interpretive measure of subjective well-being, we explored how the respiratory, cardiovascular and electro dermal response systems were associated with the valence dimension of emotion. Material and Methods: Three participants were presented with staff selected negative and positive stimuli. During the presentation we measured the participants' respiration, skin conductance, heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). We used behavioural codings as an extra measure of emotional valence. Results: Participants showed a shallow, fast breathing pattern, used less thoracic breathing, had a higher skin conductance and had less RSA when experiencing positive emotions then when experiencing negative emotions. Conclusion: There are physiological differences between positive and negative emotions. The results also indicate that people with PIMD direct their attention away from negative stimuli. (As Provided).
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