How Do Children With Mild Intellectual Disabilities Perceive Loneliness?

The present study examined 154 children with mild intellectual disability (MID) attending special schools with regard to their reports of loneliness. Semi-structured interviews revealed that more than half of the students with MID reported feelings of loneliness. They tend to have as friends childre...

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Main Authors: Kalliopi Papoutsaki, Angeliki Gena, Efrosini Kalyva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2013-02-01
Series:Europe's Journal of Psychology
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Online Access:http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/489