Journal
MENTAL RETARDATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES RESEARCH REVIEWS
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 340-346Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20087
Keywords
behavioral phenotype; parent-report questionnaires; psychiatric nosology; profile analyses; observational studies; factor analysis; cluster analysis
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- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R01HD035684, P30HD015052] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R03HD050468] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NICHD NIH HHS [R01HD 035684, P30HD 15052, R03HD 050468] Funding Source: Medline
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As researchers have examined the so-called behavioral phenotypes of different genetic mental retardation conditions, the measurement of behavior becomes increasingly important. From earlier, more global examinations of noteworthy behaviors or profiles, recent researchers have moved from reliance on a single, all-encompassing questionnaire to more multimethod, multireporter approaches. This paper summarizes strengths and weaknesses in utilizing parent-report questionnaires and checklists; psychiatric nosology and specific psychiatric questionnaires; observational studies; reports from individuals with mental retardation themselves; profile analyses of psychometric test and subtest scores; and grouping analyses of. items (factor analysis) and people (cluster analysis). Although we advocate a mixture of approaches to behavioral assessment, in future work researchers will require more theoretically driven methods for studying behavior, greater acknowledgment that the child's behavior is simply one event in ongoing interactions-transactions with other people, and more attention to age-related changes in behavioral phenotypes. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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