Mediators of the Risk for Problem Behavior in Children with Language Learning Disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-171

  Vallance, Denise D ^a,b   Cummings, Richard L ^c   Humphries, Tom ^b  

^a C M Hincks Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Toronto Children's Mental Hlth Ctr   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032013459     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100206     Document Type: Article

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