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This study aimed to clarify the status of moral education promotion in special needs schools for students with intellectual disabilities through a survey. A questionnaire was distributed to 748 special needs schools for students with intellectual disabilities throughout Japan. Of the 299 schools, 292 that provided complete responses were selected for analysis. The survey results revealed that the assignment rate of teachers in charge of moral education promotion（61.3%） and the rate of creating annual instruction plans （60.6%） were particularly low compared to elementary and junior high schools, where both rates were close to 100%. This was related to the establishment of moral education departments （18.3% in elementary departments, 20.9% in lower secondary departments, and 30.1% in upper secondary departments） . The assignment rate of teachers in charge of moral education promotion, rate of preparation of annual instruction plans, and status of their utilization were higher in schools with moral education departments. To further improve the quality of moral education, it is necessary to create a system for moral education development in which all teachers, together with the teacher-incharge of moral education promotion at the center, work to create an overall and annual teaching plan.

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This study aimed to identify the factor structure of two questionnaires : the Japanese version of the Attitudes to Sexuality Questionnaire （for individuals with Intellectual Disability : ASQ–ID） and the Japanese version of the Attitudes to Sexuality Questionnaire （for individuals from the General Population : ASQ–GP） , which are composed of items from the ASQ-ID and ASQ-GP developed by Cuskelly and Guilmore （2007） , along with some additional questions. This study also aimed to examine the construct validity and reliability of the two Japanese instruments. A web-based survey was conducted with people from the general community, with 257 valid responses obtained （of which 129 questionnaires used “ ”women or “girls” as the subject in the items and 128 used “ ”men or “boys”）. Through an exploratory factor analysis, three factors were extracted for each instrument. The factors for Japanese ASQ-ID were labeled “Control and regulation of sexuality,” “Sexual rights,” and “Life with a partner and parenting.” For the Japanese ASQ-GP, the extracted factors were labeled “Sexual rights,” “Sexual pleasure,” and “Control and regulation of sexuality.” Though the Japanese ASQ-ID and Japanese ASQ-GP showed different factors from those of the instruments developed by Cuskelly and Guilmore（2007） , possibly because of additional items and different family norms in Japan, this study confirmed their construct validity and reliability.

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