TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Evidence for reciprocal interaction effects among adults with self-injury and their caregivers
JO  - American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities
A1  - Symons, Frank J.
A1  - Bodfish, James W.
A1  - Harper, Vickie N.
A1  - Clary, Jamie
A1  - Wolff, Jason J.
SP  - 225
EP  - 232
VL  - 117
IS  - 3
N2  - Abstract Patterns of caregiver responses to client adaptive behavior were compared between adults with intellectual disabilities with and without self-injurious behavior. Participants with moderate to profound intellectual disability and self-injury (n  =  89) and age/IQ matched control participants (n  =  20) were selected from a large sample of adults living in a regional residential center. Approximately 45 minutes of direct observation data were collected for each participant during unstructured leisure time. Data were sequentially analyzed and Yule's Q scores derived and compared among groups. Results indicated that caregivers were more responsive to prosocial initiations and adaptive engagement among individuals with severe self-injurious behavior than to those with mild or no self-injurious behavior and that these responses were more likely to be in the form of a demand.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1944-7515
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/1944-7558-117.3.225
ID  - ref1
ER  -