Communication-pragmatic abilities in persons with intellectual disability and associated psychiatric disorders – a research review

Intelektualna ometenost je neretko praćena pridruženim psihijatrijskim poremećajima. Prisustvo psihijatrijske simptomatologije nepovoljno utiče na svakodnevno funkcionisanje osoba sa intelektualnom U skladu sa navedenim nalazima, a u cilju planiranja adekvatnog komunikaciono-pragmatskog tretmana, neophodno je uzeti u obzir sve specifčnosti osoba sa intelektualnom ometenošću, uključujući i njihovu sklonost ka ispoljavanju određenih psihijatrijskih stanja.. Pragmatska sposobnost je sačinjena od nekoliko različitih veština koje omogućavaju osobi da integriše informacije tokom konverzacije, kao i da prati mentalna stanja sagovornika. Cilj ovog rada je da se pregledom literature izdvoje i analiziraju studije u kojima su izučavane komunikaciono-pragmatske sposobnosti osoba sa intelektualnom ometenošću i pridruženim psihijatrijskim smetnjama. Pri pregledu literature korišćen je servis Konzorcijuma biblioteka Srbije za objedinjenu nabavku – KOBSON, kao i Google Scholar Advanced Search. Dobijeni rezultati pokazuju da osobe sa intelektuanom ometenošću i pridruženim psihijatrijskim stanjima ispoljavaju izraženije defcite u lingvističkim, paralingvističkim, kao i konverzacionim aspektima pragmatike u poređenju sa osobama sa intelektualnom ometenošću bez pridruženih smetnji.Intellectual disability is ofen accompanied by associated psychiatric disorders. Te presence of psychiatric symptomatology adversely afects daily functioning of persons with intellectual disability. Te pragmatic ability is composed of several diferent skills that enable a person to integrate information during the conversation, as well as to monitor the mental state of the interlocutor. Te aim of this paper is to review and analyze the studies in which the communication-pragmatic abilities of persons with intellectual disability and associated psychiatric disorders have been surveyed. Te Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition – KoBSON, as well as Google Scholar Advanced Search were used when reviewing the literature. Te results obtained show that people with intellectual disability and associated psychiatric conditions exhibit more pronounced defcits in linguistic, paralinguistic, and conversational aspects of pragmatic compared to those with intellectual disabilities without associated disorders. In accordance with the above fndings, and in order to plan an adequate communication-pragmatic treatment, it is necessary to take into account all the specifcities of persons with intellectual disability, including their tendency to manifest certain psychiatric conditions