Actual and perceived attitudes of wheelchair users

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 35-51

  Furnham, Adrian ^a   Thompson, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DISABLED PERSON; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 0028334221     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: 14693674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515079408254133     Document Type: Article

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