Children's attitudes toward peers with severe disabilities: Revisiting contact theory

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-196

  Slininger, David ^a   Sherrill, Claudine ^b   Jankowski, Catherine M ^b  

^a Azle Independent School District   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY;

EID: 0034001799     PISSN: 07365829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.17.2.176     Document Type: Article

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