Decision Criteria in Mentally Retarded Adults

Prevalence of obesity among mentally retarded adults.

The Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults

to 0.294)Affective disorders0.0910.040(6)(—0.325 to 0.421)Adjustment disorders0.5230.298(7)(—0.067 to 0.766)Anxiety disorders0.5630.369(7)(—0.069 to 0.577)Inappropriate mental0.4040.304adjustment (7)(—0.3 12 to 0.45 1)Somatoform disorders0.6030.281(6)(0.239 to 0.556)Personality disorders0.5090.3 17(7)(—0.028 to 0.523)Factor 1: affective0.6930.342(14)(—0.273 to 0.613)Factor 2: somato...

The Mentally Retarded

The crucial factor involved in habilitating the mentally retarded, or other individuals, for produc­ tive employment is not, as is often erroneously as­ sumed, the decision concerning the vocation that the client may succeed in, but the position that is taken concerning this unique person. In this re­ gard, an analysis of the habilitation process indicates that at each decision-making point a p...

The Mentally Retarded Patient

J. B. Lippincott Co. London: Pitman Medical Publishing (Jo. Pp. 203. 32s. The number of useful texts on mental deficiency is small, especially those by psychologists, so that a new volume written by the chief clinical psychologist of the Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York, is opened with interest. The author, Harold Michal-Smith, draws a clear picture of the inadequacy of the social se...

Causal attributions of physical education majors and mentally retarded adults.

This exploratory study examined the causal attributions and expectancies of 51 physical education majors and 25 mentally retarded adults. The majors completed a written questionnaire concerning their causal attributions and expectancies for motor performance of the adults. The adults responded through an interview procedure regarding causal attributions and expectancies for their own motor perf...