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Peer reviewedEvans, David W.; Gray, F. Lee – Child Development, 2000
Examined the nature of repetitive, ritualistic, and compulsive-like behaviors in typically developing and children and individuals with Down Syndrome (DS), matched on mental age (MA). Found that that both groups showed similar MA-related changes in compulsive-like behaviors. Younger children showed more compulsive-like behaviors than older.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Age Differences
Direct linkEvans, David W.; Canavera, Kristin; Kleinpeter, F. Lee; Maccubbin, Elise; Taga, Ken – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2005
This study compared the fears and behavior problems of 25 children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 43 children with Down syndrome (DS), 45 mental age (MA) matched children, and 37 chronologically age (CA) matched children. Children's fears, phobias, anxieties and behavioral problems were assessed using parent reports. Significant…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Behavior Problems, Mental Age, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Peer reviewedEvans, David W.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1995
Forty children with mental retardation were compared on everyday leisure-time behaviors with children without mental retardation matched for mental age (MA) or chronological age (CA). Although MA best predicted overall functioning on leisure-time behavior, CA best predicted both single highest behavior performed and highest behavior considered too…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Children
