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Watt, K. J.; Johnson, P.; Virji-Babul, N. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Measuring the perception of friendship in adults with Down syndrome (DS) has long been a research challenge. While there have been studies investigating the number of friends children with DS have in, the study of how adults with DS view the concept of friendship has been relatively unexplored. The aim of this study was to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Photography, Down Syndrome, Friendship, Measures (Individuals)
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Dodd, H. F.; Porter, M. A.; Peters, G. L.; Rapee, R. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Indiscriminate social approach behaviour is a salient aspect of the Williams syndrome (WS) behavioural phenotype. The present study examines approach behaviour in pre-schoolers with WS and evaluates the role of the face in WS social approach behaviour. Method: Ten pre-schoolers with WS (aged 3-6 years) and two groups of typically…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Play, Genetic Disorders, Social Influences
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Hoevenaars-van den Boom, M. A. A.; Antonissen, A. C. F. M.; Knoors, H.; Vervloed, M. P. J. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: In persons with deafblindness, it is hard to distinguish autism spectrum disorders from several deafblind specific behaviours caused by the dual sensory impairments, especially when these persons are also intellectually disabled. As a result, there is an over-diagnosis of autism in persons who are deafblind leading to unsuitable…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Autism, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction
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Embregts, P.; van Nieuwenhuijzen, M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2009
Background: Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and mild to borderline intellectual disability (ID) have less adaptive behaviour and more behaviour problems than children with mild to borderline ID. Social information processing appears to be an important mechanism in the explanation of the socially inadequate behaviour of children…
Descriptors: Social Development, Autism, Management Development, Cognitive Processes
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Jauregi, J.; Arias, C.; Vegas, O.; Alen, F.; Martinez, S.; Copet, P.; Thuilleaux, D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2007
Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is associated with a characteristic behavioural phenotype whose main features are, alongside compulsive hyperphagia, deficits in social behaviour: social withdrawal, temper tantrums, perseverative speech and behaviour, mental rigidity, stereotyped behaviour, impulsiveness, etc. Similar symptoms may also be…
Descriptors: Patients, Personality Traits, Memory, Intelligence Quotient
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Zion, E.; Jenvey, V. B. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: There has been limited research on differences in temperament between typically developing children and children with an intellectual disability (ID). Individual differences have generally been neglected in previous investigations of children with an ID. The present research investigated differences in temperament and social behaviour…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Social Behavior, Individual Differences, Mental Retardation