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To what extent does g impact on conceptual, practical and social adaptive functioning in clinically referred children?
Author(s) -
Murray A.,
McKenzie K.,
Murray G.
Publication year - 2014
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/jir.12092
Subject(s) - adaptive functioning , psychology , borderline intellectual functioning , intellectual disability , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , adaptive behavior , intelligence quotient , clinical psychology , social functioning , cognition , psychiatry , psychotherapist , distress
Background Previous analyses have found variable results when evaluating the size of the association between intellectual ability and adaptive functioning in individuals with impaired function. Methods We assessed the association between intellectual ability measured as a latent higher‐order g and three different areas of adaptive functioning in a sample of clinically referred individuals with low IQ . Results Regressing g on conceptual, practical and social adaptive functioning yielded standardised regression coefficients of 0.65, 0.60 and 0.51 respectively. Conclusions Results suggests that even at low levels of ability, increments in g still have important consequences for human functioning. Further, the influence of g may not be equally strong across different areas of human functioning.