Development of the fear survey for adults with mental retardation

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-237

  Ramirez, Sylvia Z ^a   Lukenbill, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Assessment; Fear; Measurement; Mental retardation; Scale; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 33847270690     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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