Citation

Wolff JJ, Clary J, Harper VN, Bodfish JW, Symons FJ. Am. J. Intellect. Dev. Disabil. 2012; 117(3): 225-232.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities)

DOI

10.1352/1944-7558-117.3.225

PMID

22716264

Abstract

Patterns of caregiver responses to client adaptive behavior were compared between adults with intellectual disabilities with and without self-injurious behavior. Participants with moderate to profound intellectual disability and self-injury (n  =  89) and age/IQ matched control participants (n  =  20) were selected from a large sample of adults living in a regional residential center. Approximately 45 minutes of direct observation data were collected for each participant during unstructured leisure time. Data were sequentially analyzed and Yule's Q scores derived and compared among groups. Results indicated that caregivers were more responsive to prosocial initiations and adaptive engagement among individuals with severe self-injurious behavior than to those with mild or no self-injurious behavior and that these responses were more likely to be in the form of a demand.

Language: en