What do kids think about kids in eyeglasses?

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Walline, Jeffrey J ^a,c   Sinnott, Loraine ^a   Johnson, Erica D ^b   Ticak, Anita ^a   Jones, Sylvia L ^a   Jones, Lisa A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Peers; Perceptions; Spectacles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES;

CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPORTS;

EID: 42449106430     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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