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Categorizing Behavior in Terms of Severity: Considerations for Part Two of the Adaptive Behavior Scale.
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Taylor, Ronald L.; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1979
Forty-five graduate students in special education were asked to rate the items in the violent and destructive behavior domain from part two of the AAMD (American Association of Mental Deficiencies) Adaptive Behavior Scale on a 1 (not very severe) to 4 (extremely severe) scale. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Higher Education
Hand Test Indices of Violent and Destructive Behavior for Institutionalized Mental Retardates.
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Panek, Paul E.; And Others – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1979
The Hand Test and the maladaptive behavior scale of the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS) were administered to 78 institutionalized mentally retarded. Significant correlations were found between two purported Hand Test indicators of destructive acting-out behavior and observed violent behavior. (MH)
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales
The Behavioural Profile of Psychiatric Disorders in Persons with Intellectual Disability
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Kishore, M. T.; Nizamie, S. H.; Nizamie, A. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Background: Problems associated with psychiatric diagnoses could be minimized by identifying behavioural clusters of specific psychiatric disorders. Methods: Sixty persons with intellectual disability (ID) and behavioural problems, aged 12?55 years, were assessed with standardized Indian tools for intelligence and adaptive behaviour. Clinical…
Descriptors: Psychosis, Personality Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Mental Retardation