Increasing independent decision-making skills of women with mental retardation in simulated interpersonal situations of abuse |
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Authors: | Khemka I |
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Affiliation: | Center for Opportunities and Outcomes for People with Disabilities, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. ik34@columbia.edu |
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Abstract: | The effectiveness of two decision-making training approaches in increasing independent decision-making skills of 36 women with mild mental retardation in response to hypothetical social interpersonal situations involving abuse was evaluated. Participants were randomly assigned to a control or one of two training conditions (a decision-making training approach that either addressed both cognitive and motivational aspects of decision-making or included only instruction on the cognitive aspect of decision-making). Although both approaches were effective relative to a control condition, the combined cognitive and motivational training approach was superior to the cognitive only training approach. The superiority of this approach was also reflected on a verbally presented generalization task requiring participants to respond to a decision-making situation involving abuse from their own perspective and on a locus of control scale that measured perceptions of control. |
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