Self-esteem, Stigma and Community Participation Amongst People with Learning Difficulties Living in the Community

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 430-443

  Abraham, Charles ^a   Gregory, Nicky ^b   Wolf, Lisa ^c   Pemberton, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Comm Learning Disability Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Youth Offending Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Learning difficulties; Self esteem; Social support; Stigma; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036450891     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.695     Document Type: Article

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