Peer acceptance and friendships of students with disabilities in general education: The role of child, peer, and classroom variables

Social Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 831-844

  De Boer, Anke ^a   Pijl, Sip Jan ^a,b   Post, Wendy ^a   Minnaert, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Autistic spectrum disorders; Behaviour disorders; Peer acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885471874     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2012.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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