Data · dataset · 2026
Autism, adolescence, and sexual health education in the Arab world: safeguarding through behaviour analysis
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Puberty holds a unique set of changes for all individuals, including those with autism spectrum disorders.
Description
While typically developing adolescents might gather information related to their evolving bodies and sexuality from peers, media, or parents, those with autism have a harder time gathering information from the same sources and often end up misinformed or facing inappropriate sexual behaviours, such as touching their genitals in a public place, due to the lack of information or sexual health education.
Parents, particularly in the Arab world, find that discussing puberty and sexuality with those with autism is challenging, and they are not adequately equipped with knowledge on such sensitive topics. This thesis uses four distinct methodologies to explore the topic of sexual health education in the Arab world. First, a literature review on sexual health education for those with autism and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Second, a survey that explored parental and professional attitudes towards sexual health education in the Arab world. Third, a case review of a low-resource school that was dealing with inappropriate sexual behaviour with one of its students with autism in an Arab country. Fourth, a single-subject design study that used a culturally sensitive intervention based on behavioural activation with five Arab adolescents with autism that were exhibiting inappropriate sexual behaviours.
Results from the literature review guided the development of the survey for Arab parents and professionals. Similarly, the case review led to the development of the intervention using behavioural activation with the five adolescents. Results are discussed in a multi-tiered impact analysis of cultural factors, telehealth use, and the novel application of behavioural activation in sexual health education for those with autism.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.17034/32638935.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
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Earth & Environmental Science · Medicine & Health · Medicine & Health · Medicine & Health · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Psychology & Behavioral Science · Social Science · Social Science · Social Science
- Inferred from text
- Applied and developmental psychology 70%
Provenance · 3 source records, 17 field assertions
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| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/32638935 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/32638935 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/32638935 | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
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