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Impulsivity and Locus of Control as Predictors of Achievement and Adjustment in Mildly Retarded and Borderline Youth
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Shipe, Dorothy – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Investigated were measures of impulsivity and the sense of control over one's destiny, and their relationship to personal and social adjustment in mildly or borderline retarded adolescent males. (KW)
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Role-Taking Ability and the Interpersonal Tactics of Retarded Children
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Affleck, Glenn G. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
The Cloak of Competence: Years Later
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Edgerton, Robert B.; Bercovici, Sylvia M. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Described is a study in which 30 mentally retarded adults from the original sample of 48 in R. Edgerton's 1961 study evaluating the community adjustment of post institutionalized persons were revisited. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Exceptional Child Research
An Investigation of Factors Contributing to Successful and Non-Successful Adjustment of Discharged Retardates.
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Hoffman, John L. – 1969
Presented is a longitudinal followup study some 4-10 years later of 569 mentally handicapped adults discharged from the Pineland Hospital and Training Center. Described are the setting in which the research was done (the institution, the field, and the State of Maine), relevant literature, the methodology of the data collection and analysis, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies