Temperament and social behaviour at home and school among typically developing children and children with an intellectually disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-456

  Zion, Efrat ^a   Jenvey, V B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home; Intellectual disability; School; Social behaviour; Temperament; Typical development

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TEMPERAMENT;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SHYNESS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33646256142     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00790.x     Document Type: Article

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