Cross-cultural study of quality of life indicators

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Schalock, Robert L ^a,g   Verdugo, Miguel Angel ^b   Jenaro, Christina ^b   Wang, Mian ^c   Wehmeyer, Mike ^d   Jiancheng, Xu ^e   Lachapelle, Yves ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 21344464671     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[298:CSOQOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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