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Comprehension skill levels and prevalence of maladaptive behaviors in autistic and mentally retarded children

A statistical study

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A statistical study on the comparison of the comprehension skill levels between the group with and the group without each maladaptive behavior of nine items was done for autistic and mentally retarded children. Results indicated that the group of the autistic children with hyperactivity or withdrawal had slightly, not significantly, lower comprehension skill levels than the group of those without each of these maladaptive behaviors. On the other hand, the correlation between the prevalence of hyperactivity or withdrawal and lower comprehension skill levels was seen more clearly, with statistically significant differences, rather among the mentally retarded children.

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

    Haruhiko Ando MD (Medical Director of Institutions) &  Ikuko Yoshimura MD

  2. Department of Child Psychiatry, Central Hospital, Aichi Prefectural Colony, Japan

    Ikuko Yoshimura MD

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  1. Haruhiko Ando MD
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The authors wish to express their sincere appreciation to Dr. E. James Anthony for his direction and guidance on this study, and for his helpful comments regarding the manuscript. This study was supported in part by the special grants from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare for Research on Children with Abnormal Behaviors.

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Ando, H., Yoshimura, I. Comprehension skill levels and prevalence of maladaptive behaviors in autistic and mentally retarded children. Child Psych Hum Dev 9, 131–136 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01433475

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