Factors influencing social interaction among high school students with intellectual disabilities and their general education peers

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Hughes, Carolyn ^b   Guth, Carol B ^b   Copeland, Susan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS;

EID: 25444468856     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2005)110[366:FISIAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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