title: Individual, life events, family and socio-economic factors associated with young people with intellectual disability and with and without behavioural/emotional problems.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare a range of individual, life events, family and socio-economic factors associated with young people with intellectual disabilities and with and without behavioural/emotional problems. Teachers in 16 schools in one region of the UK completed a postal questionnaire on 249 young people with intellectual disabilities aged between 11 and 19 years. There were two groups: 155 young people with behavioural/emotional issues, and 94 without. Using a binary logistic regression analysis, a number of individual, life events, family and socio-economic risk factors were found to be significantly associated with emotional/behavioural problems. The results are discussed alongside findings from other studies. The importance of a multidimensional assessment is highlighted, as well as the interdependent nature of the risk factors.
authors.affiliation: University of Ulster, N. Ireland. l.taggart@ulster.ac.uk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taggart
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: McCrum-Gardner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D054541:Family Conflict / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007360:Intelligence; D008016:Life Change Events; D009660:Northern Ireland; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult