Validation of the factor structure of the Interactions with Disabled Persons Scale

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-55

  Forlin, Chris ^a   Fogarty, Gerard ^b   Carroll, Annemaree ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033449425     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049539908255334     Document Type: Article

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