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María Álvarez-Couto; Domingo García-Villamisar; Araceli Del Pozo – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Adults with intellectual disability (ID) are at high risk of exhibiting challenging behaviors, especially those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There are clinical and transdiagnostic variables that are largely related to the existence of these behaviors, and it is necessary to know the particularities of their role in people with…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Heather Coleman; Arlene Mannion; Sally Whelan; Megan Tones; Helen Heussler; Matthew Bellgard; Geraldine Leader – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a rare genetic disorder that impacts 1:20,000 people. Challenging behaviour, such as severe injurious behaviour, aggression and frequent unprovoked episodes of laughter are a significant problem among adults with AS that adversely impacts an individual's quality of life. This study, for the first time, aims understand the…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Adults, Predictor Variables