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The needs of young mentally retarded adults
Author(s) -
Reiter Shunit,
Whelan Edward
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of the institute of mental subnormality (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0141-2205
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1976.tb00191.x
Subject(s) - maslow's hierarchy of needs , hierarchy , mentally retarded , psychology , special needs , order (exchange) , developmental psychology , subject (documents) , need theory , social psychology , computer science , psychiatry , finance , library science , economics , market economy
The needs of young retarded adults were analysed from responses made to a series of photographs. Content analysis was carried out and the frequency of occurrence of certain ideas was recorded for each subject. Findings are interpreted in the light of Maslow's theory of the Hierarchy of Needs . It is concluded that young retarded adults are motivated by the needs for “Safety and Belonging” — the lower order needs in Maslow's Hierarchy . The higher order needs for “Esteem and Self Actualisation”, were not found to occur in the responses.