Exploring How Support Workers Understand Their Role in Supporting Adults with Intellectual Disabilities to Access the Internet for Intimate Relationships
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| Title: | Exploring How Support Workers Understand Their Role in Supporting Adults with Intellectual Disabilities to Access the Internet for Intimate Relationships |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lines, Jason (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. Mar 2021 34(2):556-566. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research Tests/Questionnaires |
| Descriptors: | Adults, Intellectual Disability, Internet, Caregiver Role, Access to Computers, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Influences, Moral Values, Expectation, Power Structure, Policy, Intimacy, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | United Kingdom |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jar.12822 |
| ISSN: | 1360-2322 |
| Abstract: | Background: Some adults with intellectual disabilities need support to access the Internet. This study explores how support workers understand their role in facilitating Internet access for intimate relationships. Method: Eight support workers in the West Midlands of the UK were interviewed face-to-face, using semi-structured interviews and a thematic analysis was used to interpret the data. Results: Three main themes emerged; social and organizational dilemmas (including sub-themes of; role and moral positioning, expectations of support, and protected and reflective space), power and position and policy dilemmas. Conclusion: Support workers said that adults with intellectual disabilities should have access to the Internet for intimate relationships. There was a range of views on whether it was their job to support this. A lack of training in Internet use was highlighted. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1284879 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Background: Some adults with intellectual disabilities need support to access the Internet. This study explores how support workers understand their role in facilitating Internet access for intimate relationships. Method: Eight support workers in the West Midlands of the UK were interviewed face-to-face, using semi-structured interviews and a thematic analysis was used to interpret the data. Results: Three main themes emerged; social and organizational dilemmas (including sub-themes of; role and moral positioning, expectations of support, and protected and reflective space), power and position and policy dilemmas. Conclusion: Support workers said that adults with intellectual disabilities should have access to the Internet for intimate relationships. There was a range of views on whether it was their job to support this. A lack of training in Internet use was highlighted. |
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| ISSN: | 1360-2322 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jar.12822 |
