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Slate, John R.; Jones, Craig H. – Diagnostique, 1997
WISC-III scores of 233 students (ages 9 to 13) with mental retardation were examined. Boys had higher Full Scale, Verbal, and Performance IQs than did girls. Boys also had higher scores on six of the 10 subtests. In addition, all of the statistically significant differences were in favor of boys. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Peer reviewedOusley, Opal Y.; Mesibov, Gary B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Interviews with 21 high-functioning adults with autism and 20 mildly to moderately mentally retarded adults without autism indicated that the mentally retarded group had more sexual experiences, with no intergroup differences in sexual knowledge or interest. Intelligence quotient was positively correlated with knowledge scores and males had…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Autism, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedLesser, Harvey; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Compared the performance of 29 institutionalized cultural-familial mental retardates on Piagetian conservation tasks. Examined the effects of age, sex, and degree of retardation on conservation performance. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedBoutin, Pierrette; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
A Canadian study compared the rate of cognitive disabilities in 156 relatives of 49 individuals with autism to that found in 55 relatives of 18 individuals with mental retardation. No differences were found; however, female and low IQ individuals were found to have higher family histories of cognitive disabilities. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Cognitive Ability, Family Characteristics
MacMillan Donald L. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
Social and Ethnic Factors Related to Utilization of Rehabilitation Services by the Mentally Retarded
Tobias, Jack – Rehabil Lit, 1969
Part of a larger study on The Employment Status of Mentally Retarded Adults in New York City prepared for the Manpower Administration, U. S. Department of Labor.
Descriptors: Census Figures, Cultural Influences, Exceptional Child Services, Intelligence Differences
PDF pending restorationHendon, Donald W.; And Others – 1974
To learn if differences in age, intelligence, and sex account for differences in children's memory of TV commercials and "degree of insistence" (DI) after viewing them, 54 gifted, 71 normal, and 53 educable mentally retarded children (of both sexes, 7-13 years) were questioned. The mediating influence of the three independent variables on DI was…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Gifted, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedOttenbacher, Kenneth – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
Explored the relationship of self-drawings to self-concept in mentally retarded youths. Overall self-drawing score, size of self-drawing, age and sex shared significant variance with self-concept scores. These variables can provide additional information in evaluating the self-concept of the mentally retarded. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Image, Intelligence Differences, Mental Retardation
Download full textJONES, PHILIP ROBERT – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VOCATIONAL OUTLOOK OF HIGH SCHOOL EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (EMH) STUDENTS AND THE TYPE OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IN WHICH THEY WERE ENROLLED. POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMH STUDENTS' VOCATIONAL OUTLOOK AND AGE, SEX, RACE, INTELLECTUAL LEVEL, READING ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Aspiration, Attitude Measures
