On the Trail of Social Competence: The Case of Mental Retardation

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Greenspan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Social Competence

Social competence in people with mental retardation

1992 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 656-659
Author(s):  
Jack A. Stark ◽  
Earl H. Faulkner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Social Competence

Premorbid competence, thought-action orientation, and outcome in psychiatric patients with mild mental retardation

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Glick ◽  
Edward Zigler
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Developmental Level ◽  
Symptom Expression ◽  
Mild Mental Retardation ◽  
Developmental Research ◽  
Action Orientation ◽  
Clinical Variables

AbstractIn a sample of 112 psychiatric inpatients with mild mental retardation, lower premorbid social competence was significantly related to symptom expression in action compared to thought. Both of these variables were correlated with length of current hospitalization. Premorbid social competence and thought-action orientation have been major variables in developmental research on psychopathology in patients without mental retardation. These results indicate that these variables can be applied to differentiate developmental level among inpatients with mild mental retardation and that these developmental distinctions are related to other clinical variables, as has been found for inpatients without mental retardation. The findings also attest to the heterogeneity in developmental level among inpatients with mild mental retardation.

Social Competence in Rural and Urban Children with Mental Retardation: Preliminary Findings

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 176-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Urban Children ◽  
Rural Children ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Social Maturity ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Rural And Urban

The investigation compared social maturity levels in rural and urban children with mental retardation (between 40 and 70 IQ points). The magnitude of discrepancy between the subjects' IQ and their social quotients (SQ) was examined using an SQ:IQ ratio. Rural subjects had a significantly higher SQ:IQ ratio than urban ones, and age was also positively correlated with this ratio. No significant gender difference was evident. The rural children's higher social maturity relative to their IQ must be considered in the context of their life experiences, which are in various ways different to that of urban children. From an early age, rural children are involved in household and community responsibilities, such as fetching water, firewood, herding cattle, and other practices that are not as common among urban children. The findings lend support to the idea that even in disadvantaged communities, given appropriate opportunities, children with mental retardation do have the capacity to enhance their social competence, possibly more so than those in less challenging environments.

Role taking and social competence in autism and mental retardation

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald P. Oswald ◽  
Thomas H. Ollendick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Role Taking
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