The Mentally Retarded Adult in Marriage A Study of the Marital Adjustment of Three Mentally Retarded Couples Who Participated in the Social Group Work Program of the Association for the Help of Retarded Children of New York City
Abstract
Background of the Study. The need for a study devoted to the married mentally retarded adults has grown from the increased responsibility accepted by our state of society for its handicapped members. In centuries past, the mentally retarded were scorned and ignored. They were thought to be possessed by devils, re-incarnations of evil spirits, or, sometimes, as in oriental cultures, were considered good-fortune for a family. For the most part, the severely retarded were given physical care by their family and little more. The milder cases have made attempts to be accepted into a society and economic system that was not prepared for them and as a result were given little or no consideration. Because they were limited, not only in intelligence but in emotional response and social attributes, the moron has been taken advantage of and made the object of ridicule.
Subject Area
Clinical psychology|Mental health|Social work
Recommended Citation
Halpin, Beverly Jean, "The Mentally Retarded Adult in Marriage A Study of the Marital Adjustment of Three Mentally Retarded Couples Who Participated in the Social Group Work Program of the Association for the Help of Retarded Children of New York City" (1955). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097106.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097106
