Typical or pathological? Routinized and compulsive-like behaviors in children and young people with Down syndrome

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Glenn, Sheila ^a   Cunningham, Cliff ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COMPULSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PARENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABLED CHILDREN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PARENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548023087     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556(2007)45[246:TOPRAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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