Reliability of the Matson Evaluation of Social Skills in Individuals with Severe Retardation (MESSIER)

Behavior Modification

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 647-661

  Matson, Johnny L ^a   Leblanc, Linda A ^b   Weinheimer, Bruce ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 0032874850     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445599234008     Document Type: Article

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