title: The Relationship Between Intelligence Quotient and Aspects of Everyday Functioning and Participation for People Who Have Mild and Borderline Intellectual Disabilities.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study explored the relationship between intelligence quotient (IQ) and aspects of everyday functioning/participation in individuals (age 16-40) who have a mild/borderline intellectual disability (IQ 55-85).
  
  
  METHODS
  Correlations were examined between IQ and (i) self-rated (n = 72) ability, participation as performance (how often an activity is performed), important participation restriction (not/seldom performing an activity perceived as important) and general well-being and (ii) proxy-rated (n = 41) ability and participation as performance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant correlations between IQ and any of the explored measures were found. However, the effect sizes of the correlations between IQ and ability were considered as small but not negligible.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results support the notion that IQ is a poor predictor of general aspects of everyday functioning in persons with mild/borderline intellectual disability. The result indicates that self-ratings partly generate other information than proxy ratings which may be important for assessments of supportive requirements and diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: CHILD and Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.|Centre for Research & Development, Uppsala University/Region Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden.
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arvidsson
authors.affiliation: CHILD and Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.|Department of Special Education, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granlund
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; everyday functioning; intellectual disability; intelligence quotient; participation