Assessing indices of happiness and unhappiness in individuals with developmental disabilities: A review

Behavioral Interventions

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-244

  Dillon, Courtney M ^a   Carr, James E ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STIMULUS;

EID: 34547215226     PISSN: 10720847     EISSN: 1099078X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bin.240     Document Type: Review

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