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Depression in Mentally Retarded Children.
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Matson, Johnny L.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Mentally retarded emotionally disturbed children (N=31) were compared on the Child Depression Inventory and the Child Behavior Profile with 31 children in a normal school setting. Correlational data showed a strong relationship between the cut-off scores for both measures suggesting that similarities exist between depression in mentally retarded…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances
Reliability of the Child Behavior Checklist for the Assessment of Behavioral Problems of Children and Youth with Mild Mental Retardation.
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This study evaluated the reliability of the Child Behavior Checklist with 42 children and youth with mild mental retardation. Use of kappa coefficients and intra-class correlations at item and syndrome levels indicated that the Child Behavior Checklist may not always represent a reliable checklist for the assessment of psychopathology in this…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods, Mild Mental Retardation
Aggression and Psychopathology in Persons with Severe or Profound Mental Retardation.
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Bihm, Elson M.; Poindexter, Ann R.; Warren, Elizabeth R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
This study examined aggression and psychopathology in 70 persons with severe or profound mental retardation. Most aggressive episodes were directed toward other clients; aggression was positively correlated with self-injury, stereotypic behavior, and being ambulatory. Aggression was most consistently predicted by dependent personality and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Correlation, Emotional Disturbances, Multiple Disabilities
DSM-III Diagnoses Compared with Factor Structure of the Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults (PIMRA), in an Institutionalized, Mostly Severely Retarded Population.
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Linaker, Olav – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
The Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults was used to diagnose 163 mentally retarded institutionalized adults according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III axis 1 categories. Nine factors were extracted which contained 49.3 percent of the data variance and categorized correctly 69.3 percent of the cases. Factors included…
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Measures (Individuals)
Problem Behavior and Psychiatric Impairment within a Developmentally Disabled Population III: Psychotropic Medication.
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Jacobson, John W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Among developmentally disabled persons (N=35,000) young and middle aged adults were found to receive psychotropic medication at higher rates than children, adolescents, or elderly persons. Medication increased with severity of retardation, restrictiveness of residential setting, severity of problem behaviors, and presence of a psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Developmental Disabilities, Drug Therapy
Applied Behavior Analysis: Its Impact on the Treatment of Mentally Retarded Emotionally Disturbed People.
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Matson, Johnny L.; Coe, David A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
This article reviews applications of the applied behavior analysis ideas of B. F. Skinner and others to persons with both mental retardation and emotional disturbance. The review examines implications of behavior analysis for operant conditioning and radical behaviorism, schedules of reinforcement, and emotion and mental illness. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Behaviorism, Emotional Disturbances
The Assessment of Mood and Affect in Developmentally Disabled Children and Adolescents: The Emotional Disorders Rating Scale.
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Feinstein, Carl; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1988
A review of existing emotional disorder assessment techniques confirmed that they are inappropriate for most children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and pay inadequate attention to affective symptoms in these subjects. A new instrument designed to evaluate mood and affect which has shown good interrater agreement is described.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Affective Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Disabilities
Reliability of the Assessment of Dual Diagnosis (ADD).
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Matson, Johnny L.; Bamburg, Jay W. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1998
The initial psychometric properties of the Assessment for Dual Diagnosis (ADD), a new scale designed to screen for psychopathology in individuals with mild and moderate mental retardation, was examined. The ADD was found to have high stability across raters, high stability over time, and good internal consistency. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances, Mild Mental Retardation
Affective Disorders in Hospitalized Children and Adolescents with Mental Retardation: A Retrospective Study.
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Johnson, Cynthia R.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1995
Fifty children and adolescents with affective disorders and mental retardation admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit were compared with 50 inpatients without depression. Behavioral symptoms occurred significantly more often in the affective group than in the comparison group. The behavioral presentation of affective symptoms in children and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis