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Do social information‐processing models explain aggressive behaviour by children with mild intellectual disabilities in residential care?
Author(s) -
Van Nieuwenhuijzen M.,
De Castro B. O.,
Van Der Valk I.,
Wijnroks L.,
Vermeer A.,
Matthys W.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00773.x
Subject(s) - intellectual disability , psychology , social information processing , intervention (counseling) , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , aggression , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , computer science , machine learning
Background This study aimed to examine whether the social information‐processing model (SIP model) applies to aggressive behaviour by children with mild intellectual disabilities (MID). The response‐decision element of SIP was expected to be unnecessary to explain aggressive behaviour in these children, and SIP was expected to mediate the relation between social schemata and aggressive behaviour. Method SIP and aggressive behaviour of 130 10‐ to 14‐year‐old children with MID in residential care were assessed. The fit of various SIP models was tested with structural equation modelling. Results The response‐decision process was found not to be necessary to explain aggressive behaviour. Social schemata were indirectly related to aggressive behaviour with aggressive response generation as mediating variable. Conclusions Implications for SIP theory and intervention are discussed.