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Ottemiller, Dylan D.; Elliott, Colette Seter; Giovannetti, Tania – Creativity Research Journal, 2014
This study examined relations between creative thinking and performance on routine, everyday tasks. Results were considered in light of past research on the putative relation between creativity and schizophrenia/psychotic thinking. Thirty healthy undergraduates completed the Alternative Uses Task, a measure of divergent thinking, and the 2 × 3…
Descriptors: Creativity, Daily Living Skills, Creative Thinking, Schizophrenia
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Bilker, Warren B.; Hansen, John A.; Brensinger, Colleen M.; Richard, Jan; Gur, Raquel E.; Gur, Ruben C. – Assessment, 2012
The Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) is a 60-item test for measuring abstract reasoning, considered a nonverbal estimate of fluid intelligence, and often included in clinical assessment batteries and research on patients with cognitive deficits. The goal was to develop and apply a predictive model approach to reduce the number of items…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Abstract Reasoning, Test Items, Test Construction
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Mandell, David S.; Lawer, Lindsay J.; Branch, Kira; Brodkin, Edward S.; Healey, Kristin; Witalec, Robert; Johnson, Donielle N.; Gur, Raquel E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This study estimated the ASD prevalence in a psychiatric hospital and evaluated the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) combined with other information for differential diagnosis. Chart review, SRS and clinical interviews were collected for 141 patients at one hospital. Diagnosis was determined at case conference. Receiver operating characteristic…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Psychiatric Hospitals, Incidence
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Brown, Waln K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
Nearly half a century ago, a star-crossed adolescent found himself at an important crossroads. Just five months shy of his eighteenth birthday and newly released from an 18-month court commitment to the Pennsylvania George Junior Republic School for Boys (Brown, 1983), a congregate facility for court-adjudicated delinquents and foster youth, he…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Affective Behavior