A cross-sectional multivariate analysis of children's attitudes towards disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 335-348

  Nowicki, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elementary school children; Intellectual disability; Physical disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33645463596     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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