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| American Journal of Mental… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedZigler, Edward; And Others – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1986
Two large and five small institutions were rated on resident management practices, aid attitudes, and demographic variables. Institution and resident variables were used to predict responsiveness to social reinforcement, wariness, and outerdirectedness. Of the predictor variables, only mental age (MA) was related to all three. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Demography, Institutional Characteristics, Institutionalized Persons
