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Smusz, M, Allely, C and Bidgood, A (2024) Broad Perspectives of the Experience of Romantic Relationships and Sexual Education in Neurodivergent Adolescents and Young Adults. Sexuality and Disability A Journal Devoted to the Psychological and Medical Aspects of Sexuality in Rehabilitation and Community Settings. ISSN 0146-1044
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Abstract
Neurodivergent young people tend to struggle with building and maintaining their romantic relationships. Despite this, there appears to be a lack of appropriate sexuality education delivered to them. This review aims to present and discuss the most current literature (conducted between 2015 and current) on romantic relationships and sexuality education in young people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and ASD co-occurring with ADHD. Six internet-based bibliographic databases were used for the present review that followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Thirty-one studies were identified in this review. Twenty-six studies investigated the topic in the autistic young population. Four studies explored qualitatively and 11 quantitatively young people’s perspectives of their romantic relationship experiences. One study investigated qualitatively and three quantitatively young people’s perspectives on sexuality education. One study explored qualitatively and five quantitatively young people’s romantic relationship experiences and two explored qualitatively and three quantitatively sexuality education from caregivers’ perspectives. Five studies (all quantitative, self-reports) investigated romantic relationship experiences in the young population with ADHD. The studies conducted on the topic from the educational professionals’ perspectives were absent in the literature. The literature was also non-existent on the topic in the population with ASD co-occurring with ADHD. To the researchers’ knowledge, this is the first review exploring romantic relationships and sexuality education in three groups of neurodivergent young people (with ASD, ADHD, and ASD co-occurring with ADHD).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1608 Sociology; Rehabilitation |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology (from Sep 2019) |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2024 10:49 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2024 11:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1007/s11195-024-09840-3 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22748 |
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