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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"adaptive functioning"”.
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Adaptive Functioning and Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptom Severity in Childhood: Parent Perception vs Clinician Rating
… with the child’s parent (such as the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Second Edition; VABS-II) and clinician assessment and observation, frequently using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2; Gadow et al., 2016). Effectively interpreting parent ratings of their …
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The impact of centrality on well-being: Development and examination of a modified centrality measure
… explicates the factors that lead to growth and adaptive functioning. In order to address this limitation across the literature, a modified version of Berntsen and Rubin's CES was created in order to assess the importance of close positive social relationships to identity. Data were collected …
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Adaptive Behavior and the Strength of Autism Characteristics
<p>Adaptive behavior refers to the practical skills needed to navigate everyday life and the daily environment. Although differences in adaptive behavior are not a core characteristic of ASD, these differences are often seen clinically and have been routinely researched. Often those with ASD seem …
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The relationship of achievement motivation and academic achievement with externalizing and internalizing emotionally and behaviorally handicapped children
… yielded information on school performance and adaptive functioning. The Thematic Apperception Test of Need for Achievement (TAT), and the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R) were administered by the researcher to gather data on achievement motivation and academic achievement, …
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Theory of mind in youth and emerging adults with chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, with and without comorbid mood disorder
… syndrome (22q11.2DS). Disruptions in social functioning are a common feature of mood disorders, including social withdrawal and loss of interest in activities that the individual typically experiences as pleasurable (anhedonia). Studies of individuals with 22q11.2DS also show they experience …
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Examining Longitudinal Patterns of Psychotropic Medication Use by Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Relocating from Institutions to Community Settings
… on demographic variables (e.g., age, sex, etc.), adaptive functioning, challenging behaviour, psychotropic medication usage, health status, and mental health status. A multilevel model was used to investigate within and between-person changes in psychotropic medication usage longitudinally across …
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Disentangling autism heterogeneity by the distinction of disability versus difference over development
… domains (such as language, motor, cognition, and adaptive functioning), autism is a collection of discrete subtypes, each of which has distinctive functional characteristics and consequently unique needs and priorities. The first chapter traces the history of autism, focusing on how heterogeneity …
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Application of learned industriousness theory to brain injury rehabilitation: Examining the effect of effort training on task engagement
… within cognitive, behavioral, and emotional functioning domains. Moderate to severe TBI, thus, has long-lasting effects that demand life-long accommodations and care. Many behavioral interventions aim to compensate for skill deficits, but these techniques increase reliance on external cues …
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Social subtypes in autism: an examination of their validity and relations to measures of social cognition
… measures of social behavioral characteristics, adaptive functioning, and level of autism with regard to each subject.
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The synthesis of childhood traumatic burden and executive dysfunction in young adults
… any relationship between diminished executive functioning in young adulthood and the incidence of one or more Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mild-TBI) while accounting for psychosocial variables like childhood or adolescent trauma. The literature to date revealed there are indications of …
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The Effects of One Neurofeedback Session on Eye-Tracking Distractibility when Completing Verbal and Visuospatial Search Tasks
… in terms of academic performance, social functioning, and adaptive functioning. Visual attention and visual search are important aspects of attention. Visual attention drives what and how the brain processes and interprets information from the environment. Visual search is the ability to …
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Improving Everyday Action in Schizophrenia Through Environmental Interventions
Cognitive functioning, particularly executive functioning, is a strong predictor of everyday action impairments in schizophrenia. However, it is unclear if remediating cognitive deficits can lead to meaningful gains in adaptive functioning. Approaches that attempt to improve everyday action …
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Does the Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) Scale distinguish between subtypes of pervasive developmental disorder?
… pervasive developmental disorder (PDD): (1) high functioning autism (HFA), (2) Asperger syndrome (AS) and (3) pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). This was done in order to investigate recent findings that the NLD neuropsychological profile is characteristic of …
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Economic pressure, positivity, and positive child development
… positivity as a resiliency factor for individual adaptive functioning and a protective factor for young children’s positive development. The dissertation includes two studies: the first study examined the association between individuals’ economic pressure and positivity throughout adulthood and …
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Residual Communication and Social Deficits in Individuals with a History of Autism Spectrum Disorders Who Achieved Optimal Outcomes
… This study examined communication and social functioning in a group of adolescents with a history of autism spectrum disorders who have achieved optimal outcomes. Thirty-two such individuals between the ages of eight and twenty-one were matched on age, sex, and nonverbal IQ to 33 individuals …
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The Relationship between Executive and Psychosocial Functioning in Children Treated for a Brain Tumor
… relationship between executive and psychosocial functioning in 45 children and adolescents age 6 to 17 years who had been treated for a brain tumor. Executive functioning deficits can profoundly impact an adult's ability to function successfully in life. The purpose of the study was to evaluate …
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Neuropsychological profiles of children and adolescents with craniosynostosis
… array of cognitive skills that are important for adaptive functioning utilising standardised psychometric tools. This cross-sectional study sought to address these gaps in the developmental literature on the craniosynostoses and comprehensively describe the neuropsychological profiles of 34 …
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Executive Functioning In Child Survivors of Pediatric Cerebellar Astrocytomas
… behavior. In terms of emotional and behavioral functioning on the BASC-2, parents rated the CPA group as exhibiting significantly more difficulties with depression, withdrawal, and overall behavioral problems. Parent ratings on the BASC-2 also showed significantly more problems in several areas …
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The relationship between social behavior and mealtime behavior problems in individuals with severe and profound mental retardation
… features of mental retardation is a problem in adaptive functioning. An area of adaptive skills commonly deficient in this population is social functioning, often characterized as behaviors that provide individuals with the means to interact effectively and appropriately with others. Researchers …
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