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Mahan, Sara; Matson, Johnny L. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
As the "Behavioral Assessment System for Children, Second Edition" ("BASC-2") is often used to aid in diagnosis it is important to discern how children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) score on the "BASC-2" compared to typically developing controls. This study compared scores of typically developing…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Clinical Diagnosis
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Matson, Johnny L.; Boisjoli, Jessica A. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2007
Background: The "Questions About Behavioral Function" (QABF) correctly identifies maintaining variables of challenging behaviour. However, for adults who have a long history of challenging behaviours, identifying one clear function of the maladaptive behaviour is difficult. Additionally, the person may develop multiple functions of their…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mental Retardation, Adults, Test Reliability
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Matson, Johnny L.; Nebel-Schwalm, Marie – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
A common covarying group of behaviors with ASD are self-injury, aggression, noncompliance, and stereotypies. These problems and related challenging behaviors are problematic in that they are physically dangerous and can impede learning and access to normal activities. Additionally, they require a considerable amount of resources, and compound the…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Children
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Matson, Johnny L.; Bamburg, Jay W.; Cherry, Katie E.; Paclawskyj, Theodosia R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1999
A study investigated the validity of the Questions about Behavioral Function, a checklist designed to assess antecedent behavior, using a sample of 398 persons with mental retardation and self-injurious behavior, aggression, or stereotypies. The checklist was used successfully to derive clear behavioral functions across all three target behaviors.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
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Matson, Johnny L.; Dixon, Dennis R.; Matson, Michael L. – Educational Psychology, 2005
Current methods of assessing and treating aggression in children and adolescents with developmental disabilities were reviewed. While a number of measures have been developed to assess aggression in the general population, there are relatively few assessment methods for use with children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. In all, 54…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Psychometrics, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems
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Rojahn, Johannes; Aman, Michael G.; Matson, Johnny L.; Mayville, Erik – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
A study compared the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) and the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI) for assessing the maladaptive behavior of 226 adults, mostly with severe or profound mental retardation. Individuals with elevated BPI scores generally had higher ABC scores, however, the extent of covariation differed across subscales. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Aggression, Behavior Problems