Social Competence in Persons with Prader-Willi, Williams and Down's Syndromes - 2 views
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Summer S on 19 Nov 10Rosner, Beth A., et al. "Social Competence in Persons with Prader-Willi, Williams and Down's Syndromes." Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 17.3 (2004), 209-217. This is a study done on people with genetic intellectual disabilities. The purpose was to explore their everyday social competence. 65 of the patients studeied were those with Down syndrome. Out of the three disabilities, the Down's syndrome group showed the highest overall social competence scores. They found that the age of the patients was also a factor.