Acquiescence in interviews with people who have mental retardation

Mental Retardation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-29

  Finlay, W M L ^a   Lyons, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MENTAL RETARDATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036479496     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2002)040<0014:AIIWPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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