The environmental rating scale (ERS): A measure of the quality of the residential environment for adults with autism

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 381-394

  Bourgondien, Mary E Van ^a   Reichle, Nancy C ^a   Campbell, Duncan G ^a   Mesibov, Gary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031751879     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-4222(98)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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