scholarly journals Behavioural disturbance in people with epilepsy and a mental handicap

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 402-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul McQuail
Keyword(s):  
Impulse Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Behavioural Disturbance ◽  
Frustration Tolerance ◽  
Behavioural Symptoms ◽  
Mental Handicap ◽  
Low Frustration Tolerance

People with a mental handicap may have a variety of behavioural symptoms, and according to DSM-III-R those commonly seen include passivity, low self-esteem, low frustration tolerance, aggressiveness, poor impulse control, and stereotyped self-stimulating and self-injurious behaviour. There is, however, no diagnostic subclassification of these in DSM-III-R.

Antecedent Pausing as a Direct Instruction Tactic for Adolescents with Severe Behavioral Disorders

1988 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Primary Method ◽  
Frustration Tolerance ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
9Th Grade ◽  
Response Generalization ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Low Frustration Tolerance

The lecture is the primary method of instructional presentation in secondary schools. Unfortunately, many students with short attention spans, low frustration tolerance, limited impulse control, and other behavioral disorders find difficulty acquiring and maintaining information delivered via the lecture format. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an instructional pause procedure on the English grammar performance of 8th and 9th grade students with severe behavioral disorders. Specifically, the author investigated whether instruction incorporating a modification of Rowe's Pause Procedure resulted in correct identification of verbs on English worksheets. The results show at least moderate increases in verb identification in 7 of the 8 students participating in the procedure. Additionally, evidence of response generalization (mixed verb production) shows a statistically significant difference following verb identification training.

Impulsiveness in Obsessive-Compulsive Patients

1983 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Hoehn-Saric ◽  
Vernon C. Barksdale
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Frustration Tolerance ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
History Of ◽  
Neuroticism Scale ◽  
Low Frustration Tolerance

SummaryObsessive-compulsive patients with a history of poor impulse control were identified and compared with non-impulsive obsessive-compulsive patients. Although both groups reported comparable obsessive-compulsive symptoms, the impulsive group rated significantly higher on disturbances during childhood, which included learning problems, low frustration tolerance, poor interpersonal relationships and attention-seeking behaviour. The impulsive group also scored highly on the neuroticism scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and reported a higher incidence of somatic symptoms. It appears that poor impulse control was related to disturbances which had already manifested themselves during childhood, while the obsessive-compulsive disorder was superimposed at a later time.

Behaviour disturbance and mental handicap: typology and longitudinal trends

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Leudar ◽  
W. I. Fraser ◽  
M. A. Jeeves
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Mood Disturbance ◽  
Behavioural Disturbance ◽  
Mentally Handicapped ◽  
Longitudinal Stability ◽  
Mental Handicap ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
Long Term Changes ◽  
Antisocial Conduct

SynopsisBehaviour disturbance was investigated in mentally handicapped adults who were living in hospital or at home. The first part of the study describes an empirically derived typology of disturbed behaviour patterns and gives the details of a scale by means of which behaviour disturbance can be quantified along six dimensions: aggression, mood disturbance, communicativeness, antisocial conduct, idiosyncratic mannerisms, and self-injury. The second part of the study used the scale in a longitudinal study of behavioural disturbance. Different forms of disturbed behaviour exhibited different kinds of longitudinal stability, and the long-term changes in one aspect of disturbance depended on subjects' other disturbance scores.

Premorbid Personality Traits in Alzheimer's Disease: Do They Predispose to Noncognitive Behavioral Symptoms?

1998 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Meins ◽  
Andrea Frey ◽  
Rüdiger Thiesemann
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Change ◽  
Statistical Control ◽  
Frustration Tolerance ◽  
Premorbid Personality ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Noncognitive Symptoms ◽  
Low Frustration Tolerance

The purpose of this study was to examine whether premorbid personality traits predispose to noncognitive symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The Munich Personality Test was used to evaluate caregivers' perception of personality prior to symptom onset in 56 outpatients with probable AD. Caregivers also completed the “mood” and “disturbed behavior” scales of the Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients. A neuropsychiatrist rated depressive symptoms on the Cornell Scale for Depression and the occurrence of personality change in four domains according to ICD-10. Under statistical control of confounding variables, results showed a moderate association between (high) premorbid neuroticism, subsequent troublesome behavior, and personality change, on the one hand, and (low) frustration tolerance and depression, on the other. Premorbid personality traits may indeed predispose to subsequent noncognitive symptoms in AD.

Hostility and hearing protection behavior: The mediating role of personal beliefs and low frustration tolerance.

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley Rabinowitz ◽  
Samuel Melamed ◽  
Mabel Feiner ◽  
Esther Weisberg ◽  
Joseph Ribak
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Protection ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Frustration Tolerance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Low Frustration Tolerance

The Blueberry Syndrome

1980 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris M. Levinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Emotional Disorders ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Personal Space ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Genetic Mutations ◽  
Frustration Tolerance ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Socioeconomic Strata ◽  
Low Frustration Tolerance

Too-inclusive and too-rigid classifications of childhood emotional disorders have led diagnosticians to overlook conditions which do not fit under accepted labels. Recently this author has encountered a hitherto unnamed disorder which he calls the Blueberry syndrome, and which shares some features with autism, childhood psychosis and mental retardation, but also differs significantly from all of these. Its principal manifestations are lack of speech, low frustration tolerance, and aggressive response to invasion of personal space. Onset follows a normal pre- and perinatal period, with no evidence of brain damage or emotional disorder. There is mental retardation secondary to language deficits, but no social withdrawal, overwhelming anxiety, or obsessive need for sameness. The children come from the lower socioeconomic strata and from either intact or broken families. Etiology is unknown but may involve genetic mutations affecting development of the cerebral speech area. Treatment focuses on improving present satisfactions and functioning.

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