Effect of Support Group among Sibilings with Intellectual Disability

Abstract

Introduction: Intellectual   Disability is a term that describes the behavior of an extremely diverse group of  people .  They range from children with severe developmental disabilities who need constant care to you with only mild delays who are usually indistinguishable from their peers. These children also have divers out comes. All individuals with ID have significantly low intellectual functioning.

Objectives: To find out siblings of intellectual disability with negative emotions using positive and negative scale (PANAS); To find out the effect of conventional occupational therapy to improve positive feelings In the control group; To find out the effect of support group therapy to improve positive feelings in the experimental group; To compare the post-test scores between the control conventional occupation therapy group and the experimental group therapy along with conventional occupational therapy.

Methods: A total of thirty (30) populations were selected according to the inclusion criteria. The Sibling’s emotion levels were measured first by using the PANAS scale. The samples were divided into fifteen (15) samples in the experimental group and fifteen (15) samples in the control group. The intervention is given to the sample that has negative emotions.

Results: Statistical analysis showed significant improvement in experiment group after receiving Support group therapy.

Conclusions: Support group therapy has significant effect in reducing negative feelings among siblings.