Traditional Chinese values and attitudes of Chinese university students toward people with intellectual disabilities

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-261

  Hampton, Nan Zhang ^a   Xiao, Fei ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude; Intellectual disabilities; Knowledge; Traditional Chinese values; University major

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350761593     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120903102270     Document Type: Article

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