Do children do what they say? Responses to hypothetical and real-life social problems in children with mild intellectual disabilities and behaviour problems

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 419-433

  van Nieuwenhuijzen, Maroesjka ^a   Bijman, E R ^a   Lamberix, I C W ^a   Wijnroks, L ^a   Orobio de Castro, B ^a   Vermeer, A ^a   Matthys, W ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Mild intellectual disabilities; Social information processing; Social problem solving

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHER;

AGGRESSION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 19444370369     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00674.x     Document Type: Article

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