Improving attitudes towards children with disabilities in a school context: A cluster randomized intervention study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Godeau, Emmanuelle ^a   Vignes, CéLine ^a   Sentenac, Mariane ^a   Ehlinger, Virginie ^a   Navarro, FéLix ^b   Grandjean, HéLène ^a   Arnaud, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b Service Medical du Rectorat de Toulouse   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 77956473858     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03731.x     Document Type: Article

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