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Symptoms of Depression and Challenging Behaviours in People with Intellectual Disability: A Bayesian Analysis. Brief Report
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Tsiouris, John; Mann, Rachel; Patti, Paul; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2004
Clinicians need to know the likelihood of a condition given a positive or negative diagnostic test. In this study a Bayesian analysis of the Clinical Behavior Checklist for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (CBCPID) to predict depression in people with intellectual disability was conducted. The CBCPID was administered to 92 adults with…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Clinical Diagnosis, Predictor Variables, Depression (Psychology)
Behaviours in Young People with Intellectual Disability: Preliminary Findings and Implications for Injury.
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Sherrard, Jennifer; And Others – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1997
A study of 571 Australian children (ages 4-18) with mental retardation investigated potential behavioral risk factors for injury. Results found the prevalence of potential injury risk behaviors to be higher than for typical children and that the behavioral injury risk patterns reflected those seen in younger aged typical children. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
The Relationship of Social Skills to Psychopathology for Individuals with Severe or Profound Mental Retardation.
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Matson, Johnny L.; Smiroldo, Brandi B.; Bamburg, Jay W. – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1998
The relationships between social skills and psychopathology in 846 individuals with severe mental retardation was examined. Results showed that increases in psychopathological symptoms were related to increases in negative behaviors. Those without stereotypic movement disorders had greater general positive and positive nonverbal behaviors than…
Descriptors: Adults, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Disturbances
Mothers' Observations of Children with Down Syndrome Coping with Demands to Adapt.
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Greaves, Daryl; Poole, Charles – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1996
Fifty-five mothers of young children with Down syndrome completed the Parenting Stress Index. Low internal reliability coefficient for the Adaptability/Plasticity Child Domain subscale was found. Factor analysis of the scale found that the Adaptability/Plasticity factor did not perform as a unidimensional structure, but provided information on…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Coping