1. Risk factors for self-injury, aggression, and stereotyped behavior among young children at risk for intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Schroeder SR, Marquis JG, Reese RM, Richman DM, Mayo-Ortega L, Oyama-Ganiko R, LeBlanc J, Brady N, Butler MG, Johnson T, and Lawrence L
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- Autistic Disorder diagnosis, Autistic Disorder psychology, Child, Preschool, Cooperative Behavior, Down Syndrome diagnosis, Down Syndrome psychology, Female, Humans, Infant, Interdisciplinary Communication, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Mass Screening, Personality Assessment statistics & numerical data, Psychometrics, Risk Factors, Aggression psychology, Developmental Disabilities diagnosis, Developmental Disabilities psychology, Intellectual Disability diagnosis, Intellectual Disability psychology, Self-Injurious Behavior diagnosis, Self-Injurious Behavior psychology, Stereotyped Behavior
- Abstract
Before the 1990s, research on the early identification and prevention of severe behavior disorders (SBDs), such as aggression, self-injury, and stereotyped behavior, among young children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), was mostly done with children 3 years or older. More recent work suggests that signs of SBDs may occur as early as 6 months in some infants. The present study combined a cross-sectional and longitudinal approach to examine SBDs in 180 young children aged 4-48 months recruited through mass screening, then receiving an interdisciplinary evaluation and six-month follow-ups for one year. Twelve potential risk factors related to SBDs were examined. Eight of these risk factors, including age, gender, diagnosis, intellectual and communication levels, visual impairment, parent education, family income, were differentially related to scores for Aggression, SIB, and Stereotyped Behavior subscales on the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI-01) at initial interdisciplinary evaluation. BPI-01 scores decreased over the year for 57% of the children and increased for 43%. The amount of decrease on each BPI-01 subscale varied with age, gender, and diagnosis.
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- 2014
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