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Peer reviewedEmerson, Eric; Kiernan, Chris; Alborz, Alison; Reeves, David; Mason, Heidi; Swarbrick, Rebecca; Mason, Linda; Hatton, Chris – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2001
Information was collected on 95 people with mental retardation identified seven years previously as showing severe self-injurious behavior. Seventy-one percent were still showing severe self-injurious behavior. Self-injury status was predicted by a logistical regression model containing three variables: site of injury, reported stability of…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Head Injuries, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedEmerson, Eric; Kiernan, Chris; Alborz, Alison; Reeves, David; Mason, Heidi; Swarbrick, Rebecca; Mason, Linda; Hatton, Chris – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study investigated the situation and characteristics of people with mental retardation reported to exhibit challenging behaviors in two areas of England. Results indicate challenging behaviors were shown by 10-15 percent of people with mental retardation, two-thirds were men/boys, and close to two-thirds were adolescents or young adults.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aggression, Behavior Disorders
Peer reviewedRimmerman, A.; Duvdevani, I. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1996
This study examined out-of-home applications of 88 Israeli parents who had children with severe mental retardation. Five predictors had significant correlations with parental application: high parental stress, less social support, favorable attitudes toward normalization, low family environment score, and the child being of adolescent age.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Family Environment
