Assessment of Challenging Behavior Exhibited by People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Systematic Review
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2022-07Abstract
The assessment of challenging behavior exhibited by people with intellectual and developmental
disabilities is essential for the planning of prevention and intervention programs. This
review aimed to identify and analyze the standardized instruments that exclusively focus on the
assessment of challenging behavior. We identified and organized 141 articles into four categories:
original instrument studies, validation studies, relational studies, and intervention studies. The
results identified 24 instruments that generally show high-quality psychometric properties and other
utilities beyond the observation of the presence of challenging behavior and diagnostic categorization.
Age, level of adaptive behavior, disability, presence of autism spectrum disorder, and medication
are some of the variables that were found to be possibly related to the occurrence of challenging
behavior. Additionally, the results suggest that interventions focused on supporting positive behavior
or providing training on behavior to professionals and caregivers significantly reduced the occurrence
of these behaviors. Instruments that help us to understand and measure the challenging behavior
exhibited by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are essential for the design of
effective evaluation and intervention protocols.
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Article
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Published version
Language
English
Keywords
Discapacitat intel·lectual
Revisió sistemàtica
Comportament
Trastorns del desenvolupament
Pages
39
Publisher
MDPI
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, 19, 8701
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FRDMT/2021BE0160
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