Interpersonal relationships of elderly in selected old age homes in urban India

Bibliographic Data

ID5222320
AuthorsJyotsna M Kalavar (0000-0002-8058-1057), Duvvuru Jamuna
Year2008
Volume2
Issue2
Pages193-215
Publication date2008-12-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInterpersona An International Journal on Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1981-6472 • E-ISSN: 1981-6472
PublisherLeibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5964/ijpr.v2i2.26
OpenAlexW3027399633
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited5

People with intellectual disability possess poor relationship skills and lack attachment relationships. Research has shown that this low relationship building ability is evident right from birth in the interactions with the mother. The present study addresses these two arguments through case study method. 11 children with intellectual disability from a special school at Mangalore, South India were the participants. With the purpose of developing close relationship, the researcher interacted with the participants for an academic year (10 months). The interactions resulted in close relationships for both. Interviews were conducted with mothers, and other significant people to find out the relationship histories. The analyses of the  data revealed that children with intellectual disability are able to develop attachment relationship. The prolonged infancy of children with intellectual disability from developmental delays provides more space for infantmother interaction. The relationship orientation and the inheritance right in Indian culture fostered the attachment relationship during prolonged infancy stage for the participants under study. The relationship building ability of children with intellectual disability is as par as any other normal  developing individual, provided with an opportunity for sensitive interaction

Census · Childlessness · Geography · Population · Relocation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Demography · Gerontology

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