A classification of behaviour problems exhibited by people with intellectual disability

Data collected on problem behaviours exhibited by 405 adults and adolescents with intellectual disability using a Behaviour Disorder Scale were analysed to assess relations between problem behaviours. Clients exhibited a number of problem behaviours. Factor analyses showed that the behaviours occurred in syndromes. One factor analysis produced two sets of behaviours which are hypothesised to represent conduct and emotional syndromes. No other checklist of behaviours prepared for use with people with intellectual disability identifies a list of behaviours which represent an emotional syndrome.