Data · dataset · 2026
"Living with Asperger's syndrome in adolescence"
Listed in ZivaHub and Deakin Research Online and DMU Figshare — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.17034/32634567.v1
The daily life experience of adolescents with Asperger syndrome in the Republic of Ireland and the impact those experiences have for their well-being has received little attention in research.
Description
This study seeks to rectify this gap by focusing on the experiences and perspectives of adolescents diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome regarding the issues that appeared to be important and significant to them and their well-being.
Five participants were purposively selected based on specific sampling criteria from one Health Care Area of the Health Service Executive in the Republic of Ireland. Data was gathered by means of a daily diary which participants completed for a period of four weeks and each participant was also interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse data in order to obtain a richly descriptive account of participant’s experience.
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At the interpretative level, the study situates the experience of well-being within Minkkinen’s Structural Model of Child Well-Being. The concept of the “well-being niche” is utilized to elucidate the proximal processes influencing participant’s well-being, while Wachs concept of “open” and “closed” niches is used to illuminate the factors that facilitated or impeded participant’s well-being. Results from the study support the view that well-being is a multi-faceted, complex, and dynamic phenomenon in which factors at the individual and environmental level play a role in the process.
The significance of the study as well as its strengths and limitations are discussed and suggestions for further research are made.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17034/32634567.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
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Provenance · 3 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/32634567 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/32634567 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/32634567 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license_text | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |