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F M Morrison

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PubMed1996

The effects of behavioural relaxation on cognitive performance in adults with severe intellectual disabilities.

Behavioural relaxation training has been found to be effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety in people with intellectual disability. The present study is designed to assess whether or not these techniques can help individuals in more generalized aspects of their life. Two groups of 10 adults with a severe intellectual disability formed a relaxation group and a control group. The relaxation group were given a course in behavioural relaxation training and the control group were given a quiet reading period for the same amount of time. Each subject was given a digit span test, a test of long-term memory and an incidental learning test after each session. Results suggest behavioural relaxation training has a beneficial effect on performance on tests of short-term memory and incidental learning, but no effect upon long-term memory.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

The Short NART: cross-validation, relationship to IQ and some practical considerations.

Beardsall & Brayne (1990) have presented a method whereby the full-length National Adult Reading Test (NART) scores of subjects who are of below average reading ability can be predicted from performance on the first half of the test (termed the Short NART). The accuracy with which the Short NART predicted full-length NART scores was examined in a large cross-validation sample (N = 674). A subgroup of this sample (N = 142) was administered the WAIS. The results indicated that the Short NART was only moderately successful in predicting full-length NART scores. However, comparison of the accuracy with which the full-length NART and Short NART predicted WAIS IQs, revealed that the superiority of the former was very minimal. It is concluded that, despite some reservations regarding the Short NART's practical utility, it can be used with reasonable confidence in clinical practice to estimate premorbid IQ.

Adolescent↗