The Attitudes to Disability Scale (ADS): Development and psychometric properties

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 860-874

  Power, M J ^a   Green, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Disability; Psychometrics; Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; ATTITUDES TO DISABILITY SCALE; CAREGIVER; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955593965     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2010.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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