Conceptions of Work in Italian Adults with Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Ferrari, Lea; Nota, Laura; Soresi, Salvatore
Titel	Conceptions of Work in Italian Adults with Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 34 (2008) 4, S.438-464 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/0894845308316295
Schlagwörter	Mental Age; Mental Retardation; Early Adolescents; Work Experience; Adults; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Beweglichkeit; Geistige Behinderung; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	People's ideas about work can greatly affect the ways in which they characterize their own work experience and their lives. The first aim of the present study was to analyze the concept of work in individuals with mild or moderate intellectual disability working in competitive or sheltered work settings and, second, to compare the notions of work of individuals with mental retardation with nondisabled adults and young adolescents. The study therefore examined 48 participants with mental retardation, 48 nondisabled adults of the same chronological age, and 48 nondisabled adolescents of the same mental age as the participants with mental retardation. A semistructured interview assessing participants' concepts about work was administered. Qualitative and quantitative analysis results are discussed. No differences emerged for individuals with MR working in competitive or sheltered work contexts, but were conversely observed among participants with mental retardation, same chronological age adults, and same mental age young adolescents. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10