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Stuart Wark; Rafat Hussain; Matthew P. Janicki; Marie Knox; Trevor Parmenter – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: There is little research comparatively assessing prevalence of pain between older people either with or without intellectual disability. This paper explores health and social factors associated with chronic pain in these two groups. Method: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Inclusion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Predictor Variables, Chronic Illness
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Larkin, Fionnuala; Ralston, Brianna; Dinsdale, Sophie Jayne; Kimura, Sakura; Hayiou-Thomas, Marianna Emma – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Autistic people experience heightened rates of physical health problems but may also experience elevated levels of somatic symptoms (e.g. pain, headache, gastrointestinal symptoms) due to psychological factors which are common in autism. This online study sought to compare rates of somatic symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-15) in older…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Physical Health, Pain, Mental Health
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Dawkins, Jessica C.; Hasking, Penelope A.; Boyes, Mark E. – Journal of American College Health, 2021
Objectives: According to Social Cognitive Theory, the anticipated consequences of a behavior (outcome expectancies), coupled with our belief in our ability to successfully perform the behavior (self-efficacy), determine the likelihood of engagement in a behavior. We explored whether the relationship between nonsuicidal self-injury outcome…
Descriptors: Injuries, Self Destructive Behavior, Self Efficacy, Expectation
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Dawkins, Jessica C.; Hasking, Penelope A.; Boyes, Mark E. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: A measure was recently developed which assesses self-efficacy to resist NSSI across differing contexts. The aim of this study was to examine how self-efficacy to resist NSSI across contexts interacts with NSSI-related outcome expectancies when differentiating NSSI history. Participant: 501 Australian college students aged 17-40 years (M…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Self Destructive Behavior, Injuries, Resistance (Psychology)