Sideropoulos, V;
Kye, H;
Dukes, D;
Samson, AC;
Palikara, O;
Van Herwegen, J;
(2022)
Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0.
(In press).
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Abstract
Abstract The present study explored the effects of the pandemic on individuals with Down Syndrome (DS; n = 67) compared to other groups with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND; n = 48) and their Typically Developing Siblings (TDS; n = 56). In total, 115 caregivers reported on their own anxiety and worries and of their children. Anxiety levels for individuals with DS appeared to be lower compared to other SEND populations and to TDS. In terms of worries, individuals with DS worried more about social-related worries but worried less about family-related aspects compared to the other groups. In sum, individuals with DS might show less anxiety but still worried more about specific aspects related to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on their lives.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | COVID-19; Down syndrome; Anxiety; Worries; SEND; Predictors |
| UCL classification: | UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143089 |
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