The role of the environmental factors on the development of adaptive skills in intellectual disabilities subjects;Il ruolo dei fattori ambientali sullo sviluppo delle competenze adattive nei soggetti con disabilità intellettiva

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-115

  Scuccimarra, Goffredo ^a,b   Velotti, Roberto ^a   Canfora, Flaviano ^a   Facciuto, Agata ^a   Mellucci, Simona ^a  

^a Centra Studi Ricerca e Formazione di Rilevante Interesse Regionale   (Italy)

^b Istituto per i Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive functioning; Environmental factors; Mental retardation; Therapeutic intervention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PARENTAL AGE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SINGLE PARENT; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 21344474159     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X0000631X     Document Type: Article

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