An international comparison of patterns of participation in leisure activities for children with and without disabilities in Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 369-385

  Ullenhag, A ^a   Bult, M K ^b,c   Nyquist, A ^e   Ketelaar, M ^b,c,d   Jahnsen, R ^f   Krumlinde Sundholm, L ^a   Almqvist, L ^g   Granlund, M ^h  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Center de Hoogstraat Network for Childhood Disability Research in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d Network for Childhood Disability Research in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e Norwegian School of Sport Science   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Disabilities; European comparison; Participation; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN ASSESSMENT OF PARTICIPATION AND ENJOYMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84867080811     PISSN: 17518423     EISSN: 17518431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17518423.2012.694915     Document Type: Article

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