The Importance of Cognitive-Motivational Variables in Understanding the Outcome Performance of Persons with Mental Retardation: A Personal View from the Early Twenty-First Century

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 31, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-29

  Switzky, Harvey N ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33646812913     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(05)31001-9     Document Type: Review

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