Increasing independent decision-making skills of women with mental retardation in simulated interpersonal situations of abuse.
The effectiveness of two decision-making training approaches in increasing independent decision-making skills of 36 women with mild mental retardation in response to hypothetical social interpersonal situations involving abuse was evaluated. Participants were randomly assigned to a control or one of two training conditions (a decision-making training approach that either addressed both cognitive and motivational aspects of decision-making or included only instruction on the cognitive aspect of decision-making). Although both approaches were effective relative to a control condition, the combined cognitive and motivational training approach was superior to the cognitive only training approach. The superiority of this approach was also reflected on a verbally presented generalization task requiring participants to respond to a decision-making situation involving abuse from their own perspective and on a locus of control scale that measured perceptions of control.
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Center for Opportunities and Outcomes for People with Disabilities, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. ik34@columbia.edu
D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D012381:Role Playing; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control