@article{ref1,
title="Predicting the persistence of severe self-injurious behavior",
journal="Research in developmental disabilities",
year="2001",
author="Emerson, E. and Kiernan, C. and Alborz, A. and Reeves, Dennis and Mason, H. and Swarbrick, R. and Mason, L. and Hatton, C.",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="67-75",
abstract="Information was collected on 95 people with mental retardation who had been identified seven years previously as showing severe self-injurious behavior. At follow up 71% of participants were still showing self-injurious behavior of a severity which presented a management problem for care staff. The occurrence of specific topographies of self-injury was extremely stable among the group showing persistent self-injury. Finally, self-injury status at follow-up was predicted with 76% accuracy by a logistic regression model containing three variables: site of injury (higher persistence being shown by people exhibiting head directed self-injury); reported (greater) stability of self-injury when first identified; and (younger) age.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0891-4222",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}