Increasing indices of happiness among people with profound multiple disabilities: A program replication and component analysis

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-228

  Green, Carolyn W ^b   Gardner, Shirley M ^b   Reid, Dennis H ^a  

^a Carolina Behav Anal Support C   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Happiness; Profound multiple disabilities; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000413472     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-217     Document Type: Article

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