Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK

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 an...

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Autores principales: Sideropoulos, V., Kye, H., Dukes, D., Samson, A. C., Palikara, O., Van Herwegen, J.
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Publicado: Springer US 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8806133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35106684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0
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author Sideropoulos, V.
Kye, H.
Dukes, D.
Samson, A. C.
Palikara, O.
Van Herwegen, J.
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Dukes, D.
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description 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0.
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spelling pubmed-88061332022-02-02 Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK Sideropoulos, V. Kye, H. Dukes, D. Samson, A. C. Palikara, O. Van Herwegen, J. J Autism Dev Disord Original Paper 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0. Springer US 2022-02-01 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC8806133/ /pubmed/35106684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis 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. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Samson, A. C.
Palikara, O.
Van Herwegen, J.
Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK
title Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK
title_full Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK
title_fullStr Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK
title_full_unstemmed Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK
title_short Anxiety and Worries of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study in the UK
title_sort anxiety and worries of individuals with down syndrome during the covid-19 pandemic: a comparative study in the uk
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8806133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35106684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05450-0
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