A multidimensional study of special education students' attitudes towards people with disabilities: A focus on deafness

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-23

  Tur Kaspa, Hana ^a   Weisel, Amatzia ^b   Most, Tova ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attitudes; Deafness; Delinquent behaviour; Mental retardation; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034000119     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088562500361673     Document Type: Article

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