title: Neuropsychological variables and mental retardation.
abstract: Improved measures of adaptive behavior would be greatly helpful in the diagnosis of mental retardation. This article describes an objective measure of adaptive behavior that has the further advantage of having a theoretical basis.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014888:Wechsler Scales