Peer with Intellectual Disabilities as a Mindfulness-Based Anger and Aggression Management Therapist

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Nirbhay N.; Lancioni, Giulio E.; Winton, Alan S. W.; Singh, Judy; Singh, Ashvind N. A.; Singh, Angela D. A.
Titel	Peer with Intellectual Disabilities as a Mindfulness-Based Anger and Aggression Management Therapist
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32 (2011) 6, S.2690-2696 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2011.06.003
Schlagwörter	Aggression; Mental Retardation; Mental Disorders; Psychological Patterns; Teaching Methods; Males; Relaxation Training; Peer Influence; Peer Teaching; Self Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Entspannungstraining; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Selbstbeherrschung
Abstract	A young man with intellectual disabilities (ID) and mental illness, who had previously been taught to successfully manage his aggressive behavior by using "Meditation on the Soles of the Feet," reported that he shared his mindfulness practice with his peers with ID. When requested by his peers, and without any training as a therapist, he began to teach this procedure to his peers for controlling their anger and aggressive behavior. We tracked the anger and aggressive behavior of three of the individuals he taught and the fidelity of his teaching of the procedure. According to self and staff reports, anger and aggressive behavior of the three individuals decreased to very low levels within five months of initiating training and remained at very low levels for the two years during which informal data were collected. The fidelity of his teaching the procedure was high, if one allows for his idiosyncratic teaching methods. These findings suggest that individuals with mild ID, who have mastered an effective mindfulness-based strategy to control their aggressive behavior, may be able to teach their peers the same strategy to successfully control their anger and aggressive behavior to a level that is acceptable for community living. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10