Validation of the lifestress inventory for people with a mild intellectual disability

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 435-456

  Fogarty, Gerard J ^a   Bramston, Paul ^b   Cummins, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030708968     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(97)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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