Parenthood and reproduction of persons with intellectual disability: ethical-descriptive comparative research probe into the moral preferences of professional staff of social service homes and teachers of special primary schools

• Authors: Dagmar Marková , Stanislava Lištiak Mandzáková , Jarmila Jurová

Abstracts

EN

In this article, we present a part of data from two researches that focused on attitudinal and behavioural attributes of sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities and their socio-cultural and ethical contexts. This article represents a comparative research probe into the moral preferences in area of parenthood and reproduction of people with intellectual disabilities, and of professional staff of social service homes and teachers of special primary schools in Slovakia. As a research tool, we used part of standardized Attitude Questionnaire ASQ - Attitudes to Sexuality Questionnaire (Individuals With An Intellectual Disability) from authors Cuskelly, Gilmore (2007). The results demonstrate that the moral preferences of reproduction and parenthood of persons with intellectual disabilities are mostly negative, even though teachers of special primary schools more morally accept rights of reproduction and parenthood, compared to professional staff of social service homes.

Keywords

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Reproduction; Parenthood; Intellectual disability; Sexuality; Morality; Special primary school; Social service homes

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 3(18)
• Pages: 191-207

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Dagmar Marková

• Department of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra

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Stanislava Lištiak Mandzáková

• Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov

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Jarmila Jurová

• Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Presov in Presov

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2157693