The Peer Attitudes Toward Children who Stutter (PATCS) scale an evaluation of validity, reliability and the negativity of attitudes

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-368

  Langevin, Marilyn ^a,b   Kleitman, Sabina ^a   Packman, Ann ^a   Onslow, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Children; Factor analysis; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VALIDITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUTTERING;

EID: 68549108018     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820802130533     Document Type: Article

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