Silverstein A B, Herbs D, Nasuta R, White J F
Am J Ment Defic. 1986 May;90(6):659-62.
Institutional residents with Down syndrome (N = 413) were matched on sex, length of hospitalization, and IQ with an equal number of residents in other diagnostic categories. The subjects were divided into six age groups, from 0 to 19 to 60 to 69 years, and comparisons were made on 62 items of the Client Development Evaluation Report. Significant effects of age were found on 38 items and of diagnosis, on 19 items, but significant Age X Diagnosis interaction effects on only 4 items. Thus, there was little evidence that age differentially affects the adaptive behavior of mentally retarded persons with and without Down syndrome.
对患有唐氏综合征的机构居民（N = 413），按照性别、住院时长和智商，与同等数量的其他诊断类别的居民进行匹配。受试者被分为六个年龄组，从0至19岁到60至69岁，并且依据《客户发展评估报告》中的62项内容进行比较。在38项内容上发现了年龄的显著影响，在19项内容上发现了诊断的显著影响，但仅在4项内容上发现了显著的年龄×诊断交互作用影响。因此，几乎没有证据表明年龄对有和没有唐氏综合征的智障人士的适应性行为有不同影响。
