Factors affecting decision-making by young adults with intellectual disabilities

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 320-329

  Jenkinson, Josephine C ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033162805     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0320:FADBYA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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