title: Support needs and adaptive behaviors.
abstract: We used a prepublication version of the Supports Intensity Scale (SIS), the Adaptive Behavior Scale-Residential and Community, and the Inventory for Client and Agency Planning to examine the relationship between support needs and adaptive behavior for 80 people with intellectual disabilities. Dimensionality of the SIS Support Needs Scale (Section 1) was examined in reference to the three areas of conceptual, social, and practical skills reported by the American Association on Mental Retardation as comprising the adaptive behavior construct. Factor analysis of the adaptive behavior subscales and SIS Support Need Scale offered support for measurement of a common underlying construct. When considered in terms of the three adaptive behavior skill areas, this construct related predominantly to conceptual skills.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, SA, Australia. julia.harries@psychology.adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harries
authors.forename: Roma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guscia
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nettelbeck
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taplin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012919:Social Behavior; D012944:Social Support