Developmentally Based Personality Assessment of Adults with Mental Retardation.

Wagner, Patrick

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ERIC Number: EJ428627

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Developmentally Based Personality Assessment of Adults with Mental Retardation.

Wagner, Patrick

Mental Retardation, v29 n2 p87-92 Apr 1991

The Tasks of Emotional Development is an apperceptive test that has the additional advantage of a specific developmental focus. Test administration and interpretation are described, focusing on use with adults with mental retardation. It is concluded that the test minimizes many biases plaguing accurate psychodiagnosis with this group. (JDD)

Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Stages, Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Development, Individual Development, Mental Retardation, Personality Measures, Test Bias

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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