Loneliness among students with special educational needs in mainstream seventh grade

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1888-1897

  Bossaert, Goele ^a   Colpin, Hilde ^a   Pijl, Sip Jan ^b,c   Petry, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autism; Early adolescence; Inclusive education; Loneliness; Special educational needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LONELINESS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84862268139     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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