Increased openness to external influences in adolescents with intellectual disability: Insights from an experimental study on social judgments.
Adolescence
Intellectual disability
Outerdirectedness
Peer influence
Polarization
Positivity bias
Social judgments
Journal
Research in developmental disabilities
ISSN: 1873-3379
Titre abrégé: Res Dev Disabil
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8709782
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Jun 2021
Historique:
received:
16
09
2020
revised:
05
02
2021
accepted:
22
02
2021
pubmed:
11
3
2021
medline:
29
7
2021
entrez:
10
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Making appropriate social judgments about one's peers helps avoid negative influences from peers, yet the cognitive and adaptive difficulties experienced by adolescents with an intellectual disability (ID) may create challenges in this regard. This study used a computer-based task to investigate how adolescents with ID (n = 34, M = 14.89 years, SD = 1.38) and comparison groups of chronological age-matched adolescents without ID (n = 34, M = 14.68, SD = 1.16) and mental age-matched children (n = 34, M = 7.88, SD = .62) make social judgments of photos of adolescents, and the degree to which they are influenced by non-social and social cues in performing this task. Analyses showed adolescents with ID made significantly more polarizing judgments and showed a positivity bias compared to adolescents without ID. This judgment pattern was similar to that of younger mental age-matched children. Adolescents with ID were also significantly more influenced by non-social cues and peer opinions than adolescents from the control group. The results provide new perspectives for future research and support of adolescents with ID.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Making appropriate social judgments about one's peers helps avoid negative influences from peers, yet the cognitive and adaptive difficulties experienced by adolescents with an intellectual disability (ID) may create challenges in this regard.
PROCEDURE
METHODS
This study used a computer-based task to investigate how adolescents with ID (n = 34, M = 14.89 years, SD = 1.38) and comparison groups of chronological age-matched adolescents without ID (n = 34, M = 14.68, SD = 1.16) and mental age-matched children (n = 34, M = 7.88, SD = .62) make social judgments of photos of adolescents, and the degree to which they are influenced by non-social and social cues in performing this task.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Analyses showed adolescents with ID made significantly more polarizing judgments and showed a positivity bias compared to adolescents without ID. This judgment pattern was similar to that of younger mental age-matched children. Adolescents with ID were also significantly more influenced by non-social cues and peer opinions than adolescents from the control group.
IMPLICATIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The results provide new perspectives for future research and support of adolescents with ID.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33690106
pii: S0891-4222(21)00067-6
doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103918
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doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
103918Informations de copyright
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