Brief report: Reliability and validity of the shared activities questionnaire as a measure of middle school students' attitudes toward autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1598-1604

  Campbell, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autism; Measurement; Peers; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 54749153334     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-007-0534-6     Document Type: Article

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