A Comparison of Social Skills in Adults with Autistic Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, and Mental Retardation

A Comparison of Social Skills in Adults with Autistic Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, and Mental Retardation

This study compared the social skills of 36 adults, all with profound mental retardation and 12 with autism and 12 with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS). Autistic subjects differed significantly from the other two groups and the PDDNOS group demonstrated better nonve...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 1999-08, Vol.29 (4), p.287-295
Hauptverfasser: Njardvik, Urdur, Matson, Johnny L, Cherry, Katie E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Adults
Analysis of Variance
Autistic Disorder - complications
Autistic Disorder - psychology
Autistic people
Biological and medical sciences
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - complications
Child Development Disorders, Pervasive - psychology
Comparison
Developmental Disabilities
Female
Humans
Institutionalization
Intellectual deficiency
Intellectual Disability - complications
Intellectual Disability - psychology
Interpersonal Competence
Interpersonal Relations
Learning disabled people
Male
Medical sciences
Nonverbal Communication
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Severe Mental Retardation
Social Adjustment
Social Development
Social skills
Stereotyped Behavior
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Zusammenfassung:This study compared the social skills of 36 adults, all with profound mental retardation and 12 with autism and 12 with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDDNOS). Autistic subjects differed significantly from the other two groups and the PDDNOS group demonstrated better nonverbal social skills than the autism group but not the mental retardation group. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
DOI:10.1023/A:1022107318500