People with intellectual disability in addition to having an IQ lower than normal are with the disorder in adaptive behavior. Adolescence is especially important for girls and boys with intellectual disability and is one of the important issues in the period for these people is the maturity issue is known as the crisis and followed by mental, behavioral and sexual problems for them. The aim of this study was to investigate the crisis of puberty and mental health, sexual and behavior problems in girls mentally retarded and providing effective ways to deal with these problems. For this reason, to take advantage of descriptive-documental method and review necessary information scientific literature in the field of adolescence crisis and related problems in girls with intellectual disability have been collected. Most findings indicate an increase in the prevalence of mental and behavioral disorders in mentally retarded adolescents is during puberty. The most important mental and behavioral disorders in adolescence and maturity in people with mental retardation are: mood disorders, depression disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, attention deficit disorders. The research also show that the people cannot acquire knowledge from other people's about the issues of maturity and have not ability to read the books and magazines and in the schools usually there is no the necessary and sufficient time. The results also indicate that in both normal and mentally retarded persons existence some features may be increase the tendency of people to sex crimes in adolescence including: defect of behavioral- cognitive skills and evaluation and processing skills, the being humiliation and ignored by others, lack of confidence, sexual fantasy, and in most cases the patterns that cause sexual arousal. According to the research results, it find that the risk of sexual abuse in people with intellectual disability is more than normal people. Problem of mentally retarded girls and lack of skill in applying cognitive strategies for solving problems, lack of understanding and acquiring of proper intentions of others, has restrictions in viewing behavioral consequences and providing a more limited solutions to solve individual problems in creating sexual- behavioral and mental problems. Mental retarded girls with having the lower IQ and impairment in adaptive behavior to solve individual and social problems has major flaws. So mature and its major changes can to make a major mental and behavioral sexual problems for them and their families. At the end, propose solutions for dealing with such sexual- behavior and mental problems in maturity of the people is necessary, including: increase the control over the people - Increase the skills of teachers in dealing with the problems of the individual, increase opportunities for special schools to deal with abuse and sexual problems such subjects with holding extra-curricular programs.
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To Cite this Article: Arfe-ee, F. S., Yazdakhasty, A., Afshar, S., Rahimi, H., & Abadi, M. N. N. (2014). Crises of Maturity and Sexual, Behavioral and Psychological Problems related to Girls with Intellectual Disability. International Journal of Academic Research in Psychology, 1(1), 26–34.
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