title: The effectiveness of a sex education program facilitating social skills for people with intellectual disability in Japan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sex education should include social skills, such as those that allow individuals to relate, socialize, and communicate with others, to assist people with intellectual disability (ID) to live life fully in the community.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We administered and investigated the effects of a program involving 8 interactive sex education sessions that were aimed at improving the social skills of people with ID.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 17 people with ID and 17 control group participants in Japan. The evaluation was conducted with a questionnaire based on KiSS-18 (Kikuchi's Scale of Social Skills: 18 items; Kikuchi, 2007 ).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The score of KiSS-18 in the experimental group was 55.4 ± 12.9 before the administration of the program, as compared to a mean of 61.8 ± 13.2 after the program. A significant increase was identified. There was no significant difference between the first and second average score in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sex education program involving social skills training for people with ID had significant effects.
authors.affiliation: Aichi Medical University College of Nursing, Japan. hayashi@aichi-med-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Mikako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arakida
authors.forename: Kazutomo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult