TY - JOUR
T1 - The Structure and Development of Adaptive Behaviors
AU - Widaman, Keith F.
AU - Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.
AU - Little, Todd D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The present work was supported in part by Grants HD-21056 and HD-22953 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to the first two authors, and by Grants GOO8530208 and H023C80072 from the U.S. Ofice of Education (Donald MacMillan, Principal Investigator). The insightful comments by Richard Eyman and Donald MacMillan on a previous version of this article are gratefully acknowledged, as is the help of Art Silverstein. We also acknowledge the assistance of Karen Fleck at many points in our work on this article. This article was written while the first author was on sabbatical leave at the Department of Psychology, University of Trier, Trier, Germany; the support, in various ways, provided there by Professor Leo Montada, Maria Haas, and Manfred Schmitt is also gratefully acknowledged.
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - This chapter provides an overview of the adaptive behavior domain. It discusses the implications of extant research for theory development. The chapter emphasizes three main topics; (1) determining the structure of adaptive behaviors, (2) estimating lifespan developmental trends for the growth, maintenance, and aging of adaptive behaviors, and (3) investigating factors that may modify or moderate the development and aging of adaptive behaviors. A multidimensional representation of the adaptive behavior domain, including several adaptive behavior factors and the factors of maladaptive behavior, is adequate to study the structure of adaptive behaviors; the finding that different types of adaptive behaviors exhibit different life-span developmental trends strengthens this multifactorial structure. Considering all of these issues will lead in the direction of a fuller understanding of the life-span development of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.
AB - This chapter provides an overview of the adaptive behavior domain. It discusses the implications of extant research for theory development. The chapter emphasizes three main topics; (1) determining the structure of adaptive behaviors, (2) estimating lifespan developmental trends for the growth, maintenance, and aging of adaptive behaviors, and (3) investigating factors that may modify or moderate the development and aging of adaptive behaviors. A multidimensional representation of the adaptive behavior domain, including several adaptive behavior factors and the factors of maladaptive behavior, is adequate to study the structure of adaptive behaviors; the finding that different types of adaptive behaviors exhibit different life-span developmental trends strengthens this multifactorial structure. Considering all of these issues will lead in the direction of a fuller understanding of the life-span development of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)60102-0
DO - 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)60102-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0041138613
SN - 0074-7750
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 54
JO - International Review of Research in Mental Retardation
JF - International Review of Research in Mental Retardation
IS - C
ER -