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Social information processing in mild mentally retarded children. 1996

R Gomez, and P Hazeldine

School of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

This study examined the social information processing (SIP) skills of mild mentally retarded (MR) children using Dodge's model. Six sets of pictures depicting provocation situations were used to elicit measures of accuracy of interpretation to accidental and hostile cues, attribution of ambiguous cues, and hostile and nonhostile behavior responses to all three types of cues. MR children were compared to nonretarded groups matched for chronological age (CA-matched) and mental age (MA-matched) on these variables. Compared to both nonretarded groups, the MR group was less accurate in interpretation of accidental cues and more hostile in their responses to the ambiguous cues. The latter finding remained even after partialing out externalizing behavior problems. The results are discussed in terms of factors associated with SIP skills, and the assessment and treatment of MR children.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007389	Internal-External Control	Personality construct referring to an individual's perception of the locus of events as determined internally by his or her own behavior versus fate, luck, or external forces. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1996).	Locus of Control,External-Internal Control,Sense of Control,Control Locus,Control, External-Internal,Controls, External-Internal,Controls, Internal-External,Internal-External Controls
D008297	Male		Males
D008607	Intellectual Disability	Subnormal intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental period. This has multiple potential etiologies, including genetic defects and perinatal insults. Intelligence quotient (IQ) scores are commonly used to determine whether an individual has an intellectual disability. IQ scores between 70 and 79 are in the borderline range. Scores below 67 are in the disabled range. (from Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, p28)	Disability, Intellectual,Idiocy,Mental Retardation,Retardation, Mental,Deficiency, Mental,Intellectual Development Disorder,Mental Deficiency,Mental Retardation, Psychosocial,Deficiencies, Mental,Development Disorder, Intellectual,Development Disorders, Intellectual,Disabilities, Intellectual,Disorder, Intellectual Development,Disorders, Intellectual Development,Intellectual Development Disorders,Intellectual Disabilities,Mental Deficiencies,Mental Retardations, Psychosocial,Psychosocial Mental Retardation,Psychosocial Mental Retardations,Retardation, Psychosocial Mental,Retardations, Psychosocial Mental
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003463	Cues	Signals for an action; that specific portion of a perceptual field or pattern of stimuli to which a subject has learned to respond.	Cue
D005260	Female		Females
D006791	Hostility	Tendency to feel anger toward and to seek to inflict harm upon a person or group.	Hostilities
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000374	Aggression	Behavior which may be manifested by destructive and attacking action which is verbal or physical, by covert attitudes of hostility or by obstructionism.	Aggressions