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1 Introduction Whilst people with intellectual disability are at an increased risk of behaviours that challenge, accurately establishing the prevalence of these behaviours has been difficult. Population-based studies suggest 18% of adults with intellectual disability display significant behaviours that challenge (Bowring et al. 2017), although this only includes people known to services, and may be an underestimate.
1 INTRODUCTION People with intellectual disability are at increased risk of psychological difficulties and mental health conditions (Cooper et al, 2007; Cooper & Frearson, 2017) due to various interpersonal, social and environmental factors. Higher levels of insecure attachments with primary caregivers can result in difficulties in developing self-compassion (Cooper & Frearson, 2017).
DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author, H. B. The data are not publicly available due to their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.
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