The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Developing Emotion Regulation Skill for Adolescent with Intellectual Disability

Shahnaz Safitri, Rose Mini Salim, Pratiwi Widyasari

2018

Abstract

Intellectual disability is characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behaviour that appears before the age of 18 years old. The prominent impacts of intellectual disability in adolescent are failure to establish interpersonal relationships as socially expected and lower academic achievement. Meanwhile, it is known that emotion regulation skill has a role in supporting the functioning of individual, either by nourishing the development of social skill as well as by facilitating the process of learning and adaptation in school. This study aims to look for the effectiveness of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) in developing emotion regulation skill for adolescent with intellectual disability. DBT’s special consideration toward clients’ social environment and their biological condition is foreseen to be the key for developing emotion regulation capacity in adolescent client with intellectual disability. Through observations on client’s behaviour, conducted before and after the completion of DBT intervention program, it was found that there is an improvement in client’s knowledge and attitude related to the mastery of emotion regulation skills. In addition, client’s consistency to actually practice emotion regulation techniques over time is largely influenced by the support received from the client’s social circle.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Safitri S., Salim R. and Widyasari P. (2018). The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Developing Emotion Regulation Skill for Adolescent with Intellectual Disability.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 351-359. DOI: 10.5220/0008589303510359

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Shahnaz Safitri and Rose Mini Salim and Pratiwi Widyasari},
title={The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Developing Emotion Regulation Skill for Adolescent with Intellectual Disability},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={351-359},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008589303510359},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - The Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Developing Emotion Regulation Skill for Adolescent with Intellectual Disability
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Safitri S.
AU - Salim R.
AU - Widyasari P.
PY - 2018
SP - 351
EP - 359
DO - 10.5220/0008589303510359