Relationships between Psychiatric Conditions and Behavior Problems among Adults with Mental Retardation

Autor/inn/en	Rojahn, Johannes; Matson, Johnny L.; Naglieri, Jack A.; Mayville, Erik
Titel	Relationships between Psychiatric Conditions and Behavior Problems among Adults with Mental Retardation
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 109 (2004) 1, S.21-33 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Adults; Severe Mental Retardation; Self Destructive Behavior; Psychopathology; Factor Analysis; Self Control; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Schizophrenia; Aggression; Psychological Patterns; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Psychopathologie; Faktorenanalyse; Selbstbeherrschung; Schizophrenie; Korrelation
Abstract	Adults with predominantly severe and profound mental retardation (N = 180) who lived in a developmental center were assessed with the Behavior Problems Inventory and the Diagnostic Assessment for the Severely Handicapped-II. Individuals with self-injurious, stereotyped, or aggressive/destructive behavior had generally higher psychopathology scores than individuals without, and the presence of behavior problems increased the likelihood of almost all psychiatric conditions up to three-fold. Factor analysis revealed that behavior problems tended to be associated with psychiatric conditions conventionally linked with behavior problems. A Self-Injury and Aggression/Destruction factor was related to impulse control and conduct problems, and a Stereotyped Behavior factor was linked to pervasive developmental disabilities and somewhat less so to schizophrenia. Stereotyped Behavior factor was independent of the Self-Injury/Aggression/Destruction factor. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10