Can contact affect Greek children's understanding of and attitudes towards peers with physical disabilities?

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-220

  Kalyva, Efrosini ^a   Agaliotis, Ioannis ^b  

^a City Liberal Studies   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Contact; Inclusion; Peers; Physical disabilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED STUDENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 68349114814     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: 1469591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08856250902793701     Document Type: Article

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