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Mohr, Caroline; Tonge, Bruce J.; Taffe, John; Einfeld, Stewart L. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2012
Background: Standardised normative data for checklists of behavioural and emotional disturbance have a demonstrated usefulness for clinicians, researchers, and service providers. Method: The Developmental Behaviour Checklist for Adults (DBC-A) was the instrument used in a large-scale Australian study (n = 1,538) of emotional and behavioural…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Norms, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
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Bretherton, Lesley; Prior, Margot; Bavin, Edith; Cini, Eileen; Eadie, Patricia; Reilly, Sheena – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
Following a biopsychosocial model, the study investigated the role of child factors (gender, IQ), maternal factors (psychological distress, maternal education and vocabulary, maternal distress) and environmental factors (SES) in the relationship between language impairment and behaviour problems in preschool children. Participants were drawn from…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
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Hofer, Scott M.; Gray, Kylie M.; Piccinin, Andrea M.; Mackinnon, Andrew; Bontempo, Daniel E.; Einfeld, Stewart L.; Hoffman, Lesa; Parmenter, Trevor; Tonge, Bruce J. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Individual change and variation in emotional/behavioral disturbance in children and adolescents with intellectual disability has received little empirical investigation. Based on 11 years of longitudinal data from the Australian Child to Adult Development Study, we report associations among individual differences in level, rate of change, and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Check Lists, Mental Retardation, Psychopathology
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Einfeld, Stewart L.; Ellis, Louise A.; Doran, Christopher M.; Emerson, Eric; Horstead, Sian K.; Madden, Rosamond H.; Tonge, Bruce J. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
It is well known that communities face high costs in the care of individuals with intellectual disability (ID). Factors that influence those costs are less well studied. This study examined the relationship between behavioral problems and the costs of caring for children with ID. Parents/family carers of 109 children with ID were surveyed using a…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, Mental Retardation, Emotional Disturbances