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Personality stability of institutionalized mentally retarded adults as measured by the Hand Test
E E Wagner1, C A Ryan, P E Panek
1Forest Institute Huntsville, Alabama.
Journal of Clinical Psychology
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Eighty-two institutionalized mentally retarded individuals were administered the Hand Test and a measure of intellectual/cognitive functioning (Stanford-Binet or WAIS-R) in a 3-year test-retest paradigm (longitudinal research design) to investigate the stability of personality during adulthood. Stability of both personality and intellectual functioning during adulthood was observed. Implications are discussed.