Citation

Soenen S, Van Berckelaer-Onnes I, Scholte E. Res. Dev. Disabil. 2009; 30(3): 433-444.

Affiliation

University of Leiden, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies, P.O. Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands. soenen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ridd.2008.04.003

PMID

18515043

Abstract

Many researchers have studied the population of individuals with mild mental retardation (MIMR) as if it is a clear entity. Few researchers have investigated potential subtypes within the MIMR population. The purpose of the present study was to investigate which subtypes can be identified on the basis of intellectual, adaptive and behavioral functioning. Seventy-three individuals with MIMR were assessed on measures of intellectual, adaptive and behavioral functioning. An agglomerative hierarchical cluster-analytic technique was used to define potential subgroups with characteristic behavioral patterns. Four subtypes were identified. The behavioral patterns are described and implications for assessment are discussed.

Language: en