A clinical and cytogenetic study of institutionalized mental retardates.

Effectiveness of adult and peer reinforcement on the performance of institutionalized and noninstitutionalized retardates.

20 institutionalized and 20 noninstitutionalized familial retardates of comparable MA and CA were socially reinforced by either a peer or an adult on a simple 2-part satiation task. Adult reinforcement was found to be more effective than peer reinforcement for the institutionalized retardates; the reverse pattern was found for noninstitutionalized retardates, where the peer was a more effective...

Computerized Verbal Content Analysis of Institutionalized versus Community Retarded Children

Previous studies have indicated structural language differences favoring the non-institutionalized retarded when compared to matched institutionalized retarded children. In this study, a sociological and psychological deficit hypothesis for institutional retardates was explored by utilizing a verbal content analysis system. Unstructured speech samples from 20 institutionalized and 20 non-instit...

Evaluation of Quality of Life and its Related Factors in Elderly in Mashhad in 1396

Objectives As Iran is one of the countries in the world which its population moves toward aging rapidly, it is essential to consider older adults' needs and concerns, which might have an impact on their health-related quality of life. Quality of life is a multi-dimensional concept that has physical, mental, and social components. The present study has been conducted to determine the correlation...

Haptoglobin phenotypes in a group of mental retardates.

Sera from selected cases of mental retardates were studied for haptoglobin phenotypes (Hp) on polyacrylamide disc gel electro phoresis, No significant alteration in the gene frequencies was observed from the normal control populations in Eastern India. However, a few cases had abnormal patterns which could not be attributed to external factors. An individual with idiopathic mental retardation s...

Binary-choice Sequences of Retardates, Normal Children, and College Students under Random- and Pattern-set Instructions.