Toward a positive psychology of mental retardation

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-193

  Dykens, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

AFFECT; FAMILY; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33745009478     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.185     Document Type: Review

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