Psychosocial development among adolescents with visual impairment

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-78

  Huurre, T M ^a,b   Aro, H M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Psychosocial development; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BLINDNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031821706     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007870050050     Document Type: Article

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