Facing stress and conflict: A comparison of the predicted responses and self-concepts of aggressive and non-aggressive people with intellectual disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 360-369

  Jahoda, A ^a   Pert, C ^b   Squire, J ^b   Trower, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Gtr Glasgow Comm Mental Hlth S   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conflict; Mental retardation; Self concepts; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031738771     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1998.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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