The relationship between stereotyped movements and self-injurious behavior in children with developmental or sensory disabilities
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Participants and procedure
Participants were recruited after this project had been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Curtin University of Technology. Participants were 221 children (129 boys, 92 girls) aged 6–13 years (mean = 9.40, S.D. = 1.81) comprising five groups: typical children (n = 30, boys = 14, mean age = 8.75, S.D. = 1.64), children with intellectual disabilities (n = 29, boys = 17, mean age = 10.35, S.D. = 2.02), children with visual impairments (n = 50, boys = 25, mean age = 9.02, S.D. = 1.59), children with hearing
Relationships between scoring methods
We began our analyses by assessing the extent to which the different scoring procedures produce non-redundant information by calculating Pearson correlations between the different scores. The correlations were so strong that the different scoring systems were essentially interchangeable. For stereotyped body movement items, correlations between scoring procedures ranged from r = .88 (between prevalance and duration scores) to r = .95 (between prevalence and repetitiveness scores). For stereotyped
Discussion
Our aims were to assess whether there are distinctive patterns of self-injurious and other SM among persons with autism and other disorders in which SM are common and, within each sample, to assess whether relationships between self-injurious SM and other SM were consistent with self-injurious behavior being regarded as part of the same class of behavior as other SM. The answer to both questions appears to be positive.
Acknowledgements
This research was supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award. Thanks to Michelle Turner who generously allowed us to adapt her “Repetitive Behaviours Interview.”
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