Panek P E, Spencer W B
Percept Mot Skills. 1983 Dec;57(3 Pt 1):1021-2. doi: 10.2466/pms.1983.57.3.1021.
To investigate the relation of aging and personality in the institutionalized mentally retarded the projective Hand Test was administered to 103 mentally retarded adults, ranging in age from 18 to 73 yr. (M age = 40.10 yr., SD = 15.80), residing in a midwestern facility for mentally retarded persons. Partial correlation coefficients, with Stanford-Binet IQ as the controlled variable, were computed between age and the 23 Hand Test scoring variables. Results indicated the personality characteristics of aging mentally retarded persons appeared to mirror those for "normal" adults. Implications of results were discussed.
为了研究在机构照料的智障人士中衰老与人格的关系,对103名年龄在18至73岁之间(平均年龄 = 40.10岁,标准差 = 15.80)、居住在中西部一家智障人士机构的成年智障者进行了投射式手部测试。以斯坦福-比奈智力量表智商作为控制变量,计算了年龄与23项手部测试评分变量之间的偏相关系数。结果表明,智障老年人的人格特征似乎与“正常”成年人的人格特征相似。文中讨论了研究结果的意义。