Citation

Pert C, Jahoda A, Squire J. Am. J. Ment. Retard. 1999; 104(5): 399-409.

Affiliation

Department of Psychological Medicine, Academic Centre, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Association on Mental Retardation)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10541411

Abstract

An assessment task was devised to explore the attributional style and role-taking ability of 22 aggressive and 22 nonaggressive adults with moderate to mild mental retardation. Aggressive participants showed a hostile bias in their interpretation of others' intentions towards themselves within ambiguous interpersonal situations, although no difference was found across groups within clearly provocative situations. Furthermore, the role-taking ability of the aggressive participants was superior to the nonaggressive group, undermining the focus on global problems of interpersonal understanding as a causal factor of aggression for people with mental retardation.

Language: en