Friendships in children with Williams syndrome : parent and child perspectives
Gillooly, Amanda E. and Riby, Deborah M. and Durkin, Kevin and Rhodes, Sinéad M. (2024) Friendships in children with Williams syndrome : parent and child perspectives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54 (2). pp. 509-517. ISSN 0162-3257 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05807-5)
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Abstract
Although children with Williams syndrome (WS) are strongly socially motivated, many have friendship difficulties. The parents of 21 children with WS and 20 of the children themselves participated in a semi-structured interview about the children's friendships. Parents reported that their child had difficulties sustaining friendships and low levels of interaction with peers. Barriers to friendships included difficulties with play and self-regulating behaviour. However, there was within-group variability, with a small number of children reported to have strong friendships. While parents reported friendship challenges, all of the children named at least one friend, and most said that they had never felt excluded by their peers. Future research is needed to determine optimal ways to support children with WS in their friendships.
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Item type: Article ID code: 83430 Dates: DateEventFebruary 2024Published18 November 2022Published Online25 October 2022AcceptedSubjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 06 Dec 2022 11:34 Last modified: 16 Aug 2024 06:19 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/83430