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Informationen zum Autor Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Klappentext International Review of Research in Mental Retardation is an ongoing scholarly look at research into the causes! effects! classification systems! syndromes! etc. of mental retardation. Contributors come from wide-ranging perspectives! including genetics! psychology! education! and other health and behavioral sciences. *Discusses the developmental epidemiology of mental retardation and developmental disabilities*Explores the cutting edge methodological! statistical! and theoretical advances within the field*Section I serves as an introduction! Section II reviews the various measurements! and Section III focuses on the epidemiological findings Zusammenfassung Takes a look at research into the causes! effects! classification systems! syndromes of mental retardation. This book discusses the developmental epidemiology of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. It also explores the methodological! statistical! and theoretical advances within the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preliminary Contents Contributors Preface Developmental Epidemiology of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities: An Emerging Discipline (Hodapp and Urbano) Record Linkage: A Research Strategy for Developmental Epidemiology (Urbano) Second-Order Linkage and Family Datasets (Tu! Mason! and Song) Incorporating Geographical Analysis into the Study of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (Kirby) Matching! Small Sample Size! and Large Number of Variables: Modern Statistical Methods Applied to Developmental Epidemiology (Blackford) Economic Perspectives on Service Choice and Optimal Policy: Understanding the Effects of Family Heterogeneity on MR/DD Outcomes (So) Public Health Impact: Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program (Avchen! Bhasin! Naarden Braun! and Yeargin-Allsopp) Using GIS to Investigate the Role of Recreation and Leisure Activities in the Prevention of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (Stanton-Chapman and Chapman) The Developmental Epidemiology of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (Hogan! Msall! and Drew) Evolution of Symptoms and Syndromes of Psychopathology in Young People with Mental Retardation (Einfeld! Tonge! Gray! and Taffe) ...
List of contents
Section I: Introduction
Developmental Epidemiology of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities: An Emerging Discipline*
Section II: Methodological Issues and Perspectives
Record Linkage: A Research Strategy for Developmental Epidemiology*
Second-Order Linkage and Family Datasets
Incorporating Geographical Analysis into the Study of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Statistical Issues in Developmental Epidemiology and Developmental Disabilities Research: Confounding Variables, Small Sample Size, and Numerous Outcome Variables
Economic Perspectives on Service Choice and Optimal Policy: Understanding the Effects of Family Heterogeneity on MR/DD Outcomes*
Section III: Populations
Public Health Impact: Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program*
Using GIS to Investigate the Role of Recreation and Leisure Activities in the Prevention of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
The Developmental Epidemiology of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Evolution of Symptoms and Syndromes of Psychopathology in Young People with Mental Retardation
Index
Contents of Previous Volumes
Report
Praise for the series:
"Belongs on the shelves of every serious student and researcher whose focal interest is the retarded." --JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
"Practically every article is of interest for psychologists who are involved with mental retardation." --CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
