Challenging Behaviors Should Not Be Considered Depressive Equivalents in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. II. A Replication Study

Autor/inn/en	Sturmey, Peter; Laud, Rinita B.; Cooper, Christopher L.; Matson, Johnny L.; Fodstad, Jill C.
Titel	Challenging Behaviors Should Not Be Considered Depressive Equivalents in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. II. A Replication Study
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31 (2010) 5, S.1002-1007 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2010.04.018
Schlagwörter	Mental Retardation; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Item Analysis; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Behavior Problems; Adults; Residential Programs; Institutionalized Persons; Severe Mental Retardation; Correlation; Scores + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geistige Behinderung; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Itemanalyse; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Korrelation
Abstract	Previous research has proposed behavioral equivalents for depression, but evidence for behavioral equivalents has been contradictory. The relationship between a measure of depression and several proposed behavioral equivalents of depression was assessed in 693 adults living in a large residential setting. Most were adults with severe or profound intellectual disability. The frequency of language-based measures of depression was very low. A scale to assess depression was constructed based on an item analysis of a larger pool of items. Both item and factor analysis and correlations between scores on the depression scale and individual maladaptive behavior items showed little or no relationship between proposed behavioral equivalents and depression. No support was found for behavioral equivalents of depression. This replicated the findings of Tsiouris, Mann, Patti, and Sturmey (2003). Practitioners are cautioned against using maladaptive behaviors as evidence of depression in people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10