Correlates of neuropsychological functioning and emotional disturbance in MR children

Pages: 396-400
Amra Ahsan (Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

Neuropsychology is a subspeciality of psychology concerned with the study of relationship between brain and behavior and thus it is primarily concerned with evaluating changes in behavior and cognitive functions associated with brain dysfunction by using psychological tests and other assessment techniques. Clinical Neuropsychology uses the principles and procedures of neuropsychology in clinical setting to understand brain related problems or clinical conditions, to intervene into them, to manage them, and to rehabilitate persons suffering from cognitive and behavioral problems due to neuropsychological impairments. Children with emotional disturbance are a heterogeneous group of people with a variety of strengths and needs. Much is known about the school and community factors that place young people at risk for developing emotional disturbance and about what must be done to improve school and community results for them. A number of researchers have reported an association between neuropsychological impairment and psychiatric disorders. There has been relatively little research on the neuropsychological functioning of emotionally disturbed children. The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between the dimensions of Neurospychological functioning and emotional disturbance inMR children. The results indicated that there was a positive and significant correlation between the dimensions of neuropsychological functioning like orientation, attention and memory and between the dimensions of emotional disturbance like inability to learn, relationship problems and inappropriate behavior in MR children. Further, it was found that there was a significant correlation between dimension of Neuropsychological functioning and Emotional disturbance of MR children.