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The Relationship of Intimate Partner Aggression to Head Injury, Executive Functioning, and Intelligence
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Walling, Sherry M.; Meehan, Jeffrey C.; Marshall, Amy D.; Holtzworth-Munroe, Amy; Taft, Casey T. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
Measures of head injury, executive functioning, and intelligence were given to a community sample composed of 102 male perpetrators of intimate partner aggression (IPA) and 62 nonaggressive men. A history of head injury and lower mean score on a measure of verbal intelligence were associated with the frequency of male-perpetrated physical IPA as…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Intervention, Head Injuries, Executive Function
Characteristics of People with Intellectual Disabilities in a Secure U.S. Forensic Hospital
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Stinson, Jill Diane; Robbins, Sharon Bradford – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Prior research examining persons with intellectual disabilities who have committed criminal offenses has focused primarily on correctional populations, or those who reside in secure forensic settings in the United Kingdom and Australia. This study describes 235 persons with intellectual, developmental, and cognitive disabilities who reside in a…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Criminals, Mild Mental Retardation, Placement
Advanced Clinical Interpretation of the WAIS-IV and WMS-IV: Prevalence of Low Scores Varies by Level of Intelligence and Years of Education
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Brooks, Brian L.; Holdnack, James A.; Iverson, Grant L. – Assessment, 2011
Clinicians can use the base rates of low scores in healthy people to reduce the likelihood of misdiagnosing cognitive impairment. In the present study, base rates were developed for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) and Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) using 900 healthy adults and validated on 28 patients…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Incidence, Head Injuries, Patients
Invisible Injuries: The Experiences of College Students with Histories of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
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Childers, Carrie; Hux, Karen – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
This qualitative study explored the college life phenomenon as experienced by students with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Previous research about such students has focused on topics including study strategy use, access of support services, and insights from caregivers or instructors. However, little attention has been paid to the perceptions…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Brain, College Students, Special Needs Students
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III and Malingering in Traumatic Brain Injury: Classification Accuracy in Known Groups
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Curtis, Kelly L.; Greve, Kevin W.; Bianchini, Kevin J. – Assessment, 2009
A known-groups design was used to determine the classification accuracy of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III) variables in detecting malingered neurocognitive dysfunction (MND) in traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI patients were classified into the following groups: (a) mild TBI not-MND (n = 26), (b) mild TBI MND (n = 31), and (c)…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Head Injuries, Intelligence Quotient, Patients
An Investigation of the General Abilities Index in a Group of Diagnostically Mixed Patients
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Harrison, Allyson G.; DeLisle, Michelle M.; Parker, Kevin C. H. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2008
The General Ability Index (GAI) was compared with Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III) Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) from the WAIS-III in data obtained from 381 adults assessed for reported learning or attention problems between 1998 and 2005. Not only did clients with more neurocognitively based disorders (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Adults, Patients, Intelligence Tests, Intelligence