Effectiveness of family sexual education program (MT-ACEP) for parents of adolescents with intellectual disabilities
JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1177/17446295261477158
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), EMBASE, ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), MEDLINE, Psycinfo, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Education Source Ultimate (EBSCO), Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest)
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Individuals with intellectual disabilities encounter challenges in their sexual development. Addressing these challenges effectively requires comprehensive sexual education. The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Sexual Education Program (MT-ACEP) conducted with parents of adolescent with intellectual disabilities. This study was designed as a quasi-experimental design with pre-and post-test matched with a control group. A total of 20 participants were included in the experimental and 19 in the control group A criterion sampling method was employed. Independent samples t-test results revealed no significant difference between the mean pre-test scores of the experimental group ((X) over bar = 11.25) and the control group ((X) over bar = 12.42) on the knowledge level of parents at the pre-test (t = .973, p>.05). At the post-test stage, with the experimental group scoring significantly higher ((X) over bar = 24.22) compared to the control group ((X) over bar = 12.64) at the post-test (t = 8.07, p<.05). The effect size was determined as 2.58.