In the article by L. C. Miccio-Fonseca and Lucinda A. Rasmussen entitled “Applicability of MEGA♪ to Sexually Abusive Youth With Low Intellectual Functioning” and published in the Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 6(1), 42–59, some terminology was presented incorrectly:
1. | On page 43, the phrase “Gilby, Wolf, and Goldberg (1989) and Blasingame (2005) referred to their samples as ‘developmentally delayed youth,’ …” should be replaced with the following text: Gilby, Wolf, and Goldberg (1989) referred to their sample as “mentally retarded adolescent sex offenders,” while Blasingame (2005) referred to his sample as “developmentally disabled youth,” … | ||||
2. | On page 44, the phrase “Gilby and colleagues’ (1989) study of sexually abusive male adolescents (N = 196) found ‘developmental delayed youth’ (Gilby's term for this population) …” should be replaced with the following text: Gilby and colleagues’ (1989) study of sexually abusive male adolescents found “mentally retarded adolescent sex offenders” (Gilby's term for this population) … |