A good friend is hard to find: friendship among adolescents with disabilities

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Matheson, Catherine ^a   Olsen, Rebecca J ^a   Weisner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 34748898960     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[0319:AGFIHT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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