Predictors and Correlates of Adaptive Functioning in Children with Developmental Disorders

A study involving 35 children (age 9) with high-functioning autism, 31 children with developmental language disorder, 40 children with low-functioning autism, and 17 children with low IQ, found IQ was predictive of adaptive behavior in both low-functioning groups, but language and verbal memory pred...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2001-04, Vol.31 (2), p.219-230
Main Authors: Liss, Miriam, Harel, Brian, Fein, Deborah, Allen, Doris, Dunn, Michelle, Feinstein, Carl, Morris, Robin, Waterhouse, Lynn, Rapin, Isabel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled)
Adaptive behaviour
Autism
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Behavior Rating Scales
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Children
Cognition
Cognitive Ability
Cognitive Development
Developmental Disabilities
Developmental disorders
Developmentally disabled children
Female
Humans
Infantile autism
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Intelligence
Intelligence Differences
Intelligence Quotient
Language Acquisition
Language Development Disorders - psychology
Language Skills
Male
Medical sciences
Memory
Predictor Variables
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Severity of Illness Index
Skill Development
Social Behavior
Socialization
Thinking Skills
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Summary:A study involving 35 children (age 9) with high-functioning autism, 31 children with developmental language disorder, 40 children with low-functioning autism, and 17 children with low IQ, found IQ was predictive of adaptive behavior in both low-functioning groups, but language and verbal memory predicted adaptive behavior in higher functioning groups. (Contains references.) (CR)
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1023/A:1010707417274