Effects of short-term disability awareness training on attitudes of adolescent schoolboys toward persons with a disability

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-231

  Moore, Danielle ^a   Nettelbeck, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883319113     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2013.790532     Document Type: Article

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