The effects of reading personal narratives written by an individual who uses AAC on the attitudes of pre-professionals in business

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-74

  McCarthy, John W ^a   Donofrio Horwitz, Lacey M ^a   Smucker, Laura M D ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Augmentative and alternative communication; Personal narratives

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE CHANGE; AUGMENTATIVE-AND-ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION; BEHAVIORAL INTENTION; COMPLEX COMMUNICATION NEEDS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; EXPLICIT INFORMATION; FOUR-GROUP; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNICATION AID; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; READING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMMERCE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; READING; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952900060     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2010.481562     Document Type: Article

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