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Peer reviewedMink, Iris Tan; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1984
Seven clusters were identified from results of instruments measuring family social environment and family and child characteristics and behavior in 218 families with mildly retarded and educationally handicapped children (average 12 years). Ethnography and interview reports are presented for four of the families, and implications for…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classification, Family Environment, Family Relationship
Ethnic Background, Measured Intelligence, and Adaptive Behavior Scores in Mentally Retarded Children
Peer reviewedAdams, Jerry; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
Assessed was the degree to which classification of mental retardation levels based upon a measure of adaptive behavior (the Vineland Social Maturity Scale) differed from the classification based upon IQ for Negro and Caucasian children, 4 to 17 years of age. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children, Classification
Peer reviewedAdams, Jerry – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
Evaluated was the extent to which psychologists and physicians made use of a measure of adaptive behavior in the classification of 100 mentally retarded children (5 to 16 years of age) during a 10 year period. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Children
