Social support and self-esteem among adolescents with visual impairments

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-37

  Huurre, Taina Maarit ^a   Komulainen, Erkki Juhani ^b   Aro, Hillevi Marita ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032894133     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9909300104     Document Type: Article

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