Back to Search
Start Over
‘People with intellectual disabilities living in the communities is bad enough let alone…having sex’: Exploring societal influence on social care workers' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours towards support for personal and sexual relationship needs
‘People with intellectual disabilities living in the communities is bad enough let alone…having sex’: Exploring societal influence on social care workers' attitudes, beliefs and behaviours towards support for personal and sexual relationship needs
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 35:1037-1048
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
-
Abstract
- Services have a duty to uphold the personal and sexual relationship (PSR) rights of adults with intellectual disability. However, little is known about how social care workers' (SCWs) perceptions of public views of intellectual disability and sexuality might affect their attitudes, believes and behaviours towards supporting PSR needs. This exploratory study addresses this gap in knowledge.Qualitative interviews using critical incident technique were conducted with 18 SCWs. Data were transcribed and thematically analysed.Four dominant themes were identified; socio-cultural, practice-policy gaps, fear and safety needs. These highlights how perceptions of public attitudes impact on SCWs' attitudes towards supporting development of PSR both directly and through perceptions of organisational policies. This leads to prioritisation of safety needs over support for PSR.Public expectations strongly influenced SCWs' interpretation of organisational policy, emphasising a need for practice-based support to manage public expectations and reduce fear.
- Subjects :
- Adult
030506 rehabilitation
Health Personnel
media_common.quotation_subject
Attitudes beliefs
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Intellectual Disability
Perception
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Duty
Qualitative Research
media_common
Interpretation (philosophy)
05 social sciences
Social Support
Sexual relationship
Attitude
Social care
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Critical Incident Technique
Social psychology
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14683148 and 13602322
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e813f7b3501dd6e3ce251aad421a3769
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12839