Evaluation of infantilizing speech in a rehabilitation setting: Relation to age

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-136

  Whitmer, Rachel Anne ^a   Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SENILITY; SPEECH;

EID: 0030954310     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/RUJ0-LHQU-FW6W-GVYD     Document Type: Article

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