Premium
Bullying and people with severe intellectual disability
Author(s) -
Sheard C.,
Clegg J.,
Standen P.,
Cromby J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2001.00349.x
Subject(s) - psychology , intellectual disability , warrant , challenging behaviour , suicide prevention , injury prevention , poison control , clinical psychology , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , financial economics , economics
Although bullying has been shown to reduce quality of life in many spheres, anti‐bullying strategies have yet to be incorporated into services for adults with severe intellectual disability (ID). The present study employed a survey of staff and parent concerns about 54 previously surveyed students who had left a school for pupils with severe ID. A content analysis of follow‐up interviews was performed in 10 cases. Staff identified 19% of the survey sample as bullying others and 11% as being picked on. Neither gender nor communication ability had an impact. There was no significant change in bully or victim status over time, although some people did change. Parents or staff raised bully/victim problems in more than half of the interviews. There is sufficient evidence of bullying behaviour to warrant the adoption of anti‐bullying strategies.