• DOI:10.1016/j.ridd.2009.08.003
Corpus ID: 21396556

Expanding the test of counterfeit deviance: are sexual knowledge, experience and needs a factor in the sexualised challenging behaviour of adults with intellectual disability?

@article{Lockhart2010ExpandingTT,
  title={Expanding the test of counterfeit deviance: are sexual knowledge, experience and needs a factor in the sexualised challenging behaviour of adults with intellectual disability?},
  author={K. Lockhart and S. Guerin and S. Shanahan and K. Coyle},
  journal={Research in developmental disabilities},
  year={2010},
  volume={31 1},
  pages={
          117-30
        }
}

• K. Lockhart, S. Guerin, +1 author K. Coyle
• Published 2010
• Psychology, Medicine
• Research in developmental disabilities

It is posited within the literature that the sexualised challenging behaviour of adults with intellectual disability may be influenced by low levels of sexual knowledge, lack of sexual experience and unmet sexual needs. In this study, individuals with sexualised challenging behaviour were identified and matched for gender, age and ability level with individuals recruited to the non-sexualised and no challenging behaviour groups. All (n=24) were interviewed using the Socio-Sexual Knowledge and… Expand

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