Self-Determination, Causal Agency, and Mental Retardation

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 31, Issue , 2006, Pages 31-71

  Wehmeyer, Michael L ^a   Mithaug, Dennis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 33646678056     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(05)31002-0     Document Type: Review

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