Sticks, stones, and stigma: A study of students' use of the derogatory term "retard"

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-134

  Siperstein, Gary N ^a   Pociask, Sarah E ^a   Collins, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77955044715     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-48.2.126     Document Type: Article

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