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Prevalence of maladaptive behavior in retarded children as a function of IQ and age

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One hundred and twentyeight mentally retarded children, ages 6 to 14, from a special school were assessed by teachers in terms of nine maladaptive behaviors. The results indicated that the prevalence of some maladaptive behaviors changed as a function of IQ and age, and that there were splits of such changes as IQ-dependent and as age-dependent by maladaptive behavior.

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  1. Central Hospital, Aichi Prefectural Colony, Kamiya-Cho, Kasugai, 480-03, Aichi, Japan

    Haruhiko Ando & Ikuko Yoshimura

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This study was supported in part by a special grant from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare for Research on Children with Abnormal Behaviors. The principal author wishes to express his sincere appreciation to Dr. E. James Anthony for his direction and guidance on this study, and for his helpful comments regarding the manuscript. The authors thank Mr. Keiji Sato, former principal of Haruhidai Special School, and teachers of the school, Aichi Prefectural Colony, for their cooperation on this study.

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Ando, H., Yoshimura, I. Prevalence of maladaptive behavior in retarded children as a function of IQ and age. J Abnorm Child Psychol 6, 345–349 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00924737

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