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- Title
CHANGING ACTIVITY PATTERNS TO IMPROVE SOCIAL NETWORKS: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS.
- Authors
Ouellette, Lawrence; Homer, Robert H.; Newton, J. Stephen
- Abstract
Five individuals who live in community residences and have moderate to severe intellectual disabilities participated in a descriptive study examining the covariation of community activities with social interactions. The purpose of the study was to determine if manipulation of activity patterns could be a viable strategy for improving social networks and social integration. A descriptive comparison of pre- and postmeasures indicated that an intervention focused on social activity patterns was associated with increases in community activities, and that increases in the frequency of community activities was correlated with increases in the size of social network and the frequency with which participants experienced social integration with people other than staff and fellow program participants.
- Subjects
SOCIAL networks; SOCIAL interaction; ACTIVITIES of daily living; GROUP homes; INTERGROUP relations; SOCIAL participation
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 1994, Vol 9, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.2360090106