Adolescents with intellectual disabilities as victims of abuse

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-387

  Reiter, Shunit ^a   Bryen, Diane N ^b   Shachar, Ifat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Disabilities; Intellectual disabilities; Sexual abuse; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SPECIAL EDUCATION; THEFT; THREAT; VICTIM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 36248995130     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629507084602     Document Type: Article

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