Students' expectations of the future: hopelessness as a barrier to self-determination

Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-136

  Palmer, Susan B ^a   Wehmeyer, Michael L ^a  

^a Arc National Headquarters   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISABILITY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031917714     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(1998)036<0128:SEOTFH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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