Adult Careers: Does Childhood IQ Predict Later Life Outcome?

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Firkowska Mankiewicz, Anna ^a  

^a THE MARIA GRZEGORZEWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adult careers; Intellectual disability; IQ; Lifespan studies; Poland

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952475436     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2011.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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