Acceptance of disability and its correlates

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-25

  Li, Li ^a   Moore, Dennis ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031992045     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224549809600349     Document Type: Article

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