Confirmatory factor analytic investigation of Greenspan's model of personal competence.

In the recent revision of the AAMR classification manual, an adapted version of Greenspan's model of personal competence was used to describe personal capabilities. This adapted model differs significantly from the original Greenspan model. In the present study three alternative models of personal competence were evaluated with confirmatory factor analysis methods in separate samples of 180 students with mild and 143 students with moderate to severe disabilities.

Personal competencies and community participation in small community residential programs: a multiple discriminant analysis.

We examined whether broad factors assessing dimensions of personal competency and community participation could be used to discriminate between people with mental retardation who were living in small group homes and small foster homes. Using a large national sample and multiple discriminant analysis procedures, we found that personal competencies were least important in distinguishing on the basis of setting between people living in the two types of residential placements. Primary differences emerged in factors assessing extent of community participation, family relationships, and recreation/leisure integration.

Community integration of young adults with mental retardation: a multivariate analysis of adjustment.

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether differences in community adjustment existed for three groups of young adults with mental retardation using data organized on the basis of four empirically validated factors identified in prior research. A descriptive discriminant function analysis was used as a follow-up to a statistically significant multivariate analysis of variance F-ratio. Results obtained from the discriminant analysis indicated that five variables (number of limiting factors, earned income, number of support services, living arrangement, number of daytime activities) contributed substantively to separation of the three group centroids.

Personal characteristics and competence of people with mental retardation living in foster homes and small group homes.

In this 1986-1987 study, the demographic and diagnostic characteristics, problem behaviors, self-care skills, community living skills, domestic expectations, and program goals for personal competence of 336 persons with mental retardation living in a national sample of 181 foster care and small group care settings with 6 or fewer residents was assessed. The findings indicated relatively more severe cognitive impairment among persons in small ICFs-MR, less severe cognitive impairment and fewer functional limitations among non-ICF-MR group home residents, and more functional limitations among residents in foster homes. Neighborhood integration was relatively high for foster home residents, but there were fewer expectations for their development of home and community living skills.